During the pandemic we had tele-health, UBI via stimulus checks, employers supporting work from home and practically eliminated the flu because people wore masks in crowded places.
We really touched greatness and gave it all away to return to the status quo.
@carnage4life less noise from planes and cars, too!
Alas, the moment that bubble burst we got inflation and rising central bank rates. Seems like it does come at a cost.
@xavez Sure they do -- so they cut into profit margin. Which is still *extremely healthy.*
Businesses run on a few things (this is not a real equation, but it is close): rate of efficiency * inputs - reinvestment for growth = profit.
It is in their interest to encourage people to ignore the right hand side of that equation. It is a category mistake to forget that profit can be varied too.
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