Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren’t afraid to raise their prices anymore.
They’re not doing nothing, they’re actively making things worse by enacting policies which push towards the concentrating industry-power in a small number of players.
Consumers “aren’t pushing back” because there’s no fucking competition and nowhere to go to when the company you do business with starts acting shitty