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minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 年前Technology is inherently deflationary in that superior versions come out for the same or even less money all the time yet people still regularly buy TVs, phones, laptops, etc.
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前True, they’re poor examples. But discretionary spending, on the whole, is not on depreciating items.
Technology is inherently deflationary in that superior versions come out for the same or even less money all the time yet people still regularly buy TVs, phones, laptops, etc.
True, they’re poor examples. But discretionary spending, on the whole, is not on depreciating items.