Keynesian economics optimizes for production and growth over efficiency and sustainability.<p>If you want loads of shiny new gadgets every year, and want it so most people spend their entire lives working just to pay rent and only a lucky few escape with &quot;fuck you&quot; money, then it&#x27;s the system for you.<p>If you want the average person to have the economic freedom to work less, and actually get time to <i>enjoy</i> their discretionary purchases, then debt-based slavedriving is not what you want.<p>It&#x27;s a deliberate policy choice, but gets obscured as authoritative &quot;science&quot; by centralization-supporting economists who are compensated with money and stature.<p>Deflation isn&#x27;t scary, only the transition to it is (like any change). Deflation is actually the natural tendency, as doing things cheaper is precisely what market competition is based on (see: the entire technology sector).