Late last year #JosephStiglitz and #RegmiIra published a thoroughgoing analysis of the causes of inflation, finding a mix of price-gouging, capacity failure, supply chain problems, higher rents (thanks to work-from-home) and shifts in the kinds of goods in demand (hand-santizer, home exercise equipment, etc):

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/14/medieval-bloodletters/#its-the-stupid-economy

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