Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin
The value of money decreases as a designed function of our current economic system. This means companies must increase profits to maintain or stay ahead. This means companies have two options. It does not matter if this is during an increased period of inflation or during more &quot;stable&quot; economic times, profits must always increase because inflation is always there, the difference is the rate at which money inflates.<p>Option 1: They keep the amount and increase price. This makes consumers mad and prices consumers out of the market.<p>Option 2: Shrink the amount of product for sale. Consumers are less aware and won&#x27;t get upset as easily. Consumers get less, but this also ensures that consumers still can get anything at all and not be priced out.<p>This system is flawed to its core. No form of money has survived it. Thankfully, Bitcoin exists now and is the most sound form of hard money the world has ever seen. This is the system I participate in.