Right, because ultimately what inflation is measuring is how expensive it is to be comfortable, rather than how expensive it is to survive. Capitalist economists are uninterested in the survival of the poor, they are only interested in the comfort of the comfortable, so they measure toys along with food as if they’re equally important.
Right, because ultimately what inflation is measuring is how expensive it is to be comfortable, rather than how expensive it is to survive. Capitalist economists are uninterested in the survival of the poor, they are only interested in the comfort of the comfortable, so they measure toys along with food as if they’re equally important.