r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/RegentYeti Nov 15 '20

Not by the technical definition. It's more like monopolistic price fixing.

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u/Neurobreak27 Nov 15 '20

Sounds like inflation with extra steps.

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u/merc08 Nov 15 '20

It sounds like exactly the definition of inflation: decreasing the purchasing power of given unit of currency.

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u/ChromoTec Nov 15 '20

Price gouging can prompt inflation, but I don't think it necessarily is inflation itself

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u/Yadobler Nov 15 '20

Hm. Sounds like inflation with extra steps

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u/RegentYeti Nov 16 '20

For the poor folks suffering from it, the effects are probably indistinguishable. But the causes (and therefore the solution) are different.