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Lyn Alden
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One of the major issues with inflation is that it puts the onus on wage earners to try to keep up. A depreciating unit of account benefits the status quo and puts the burden of negotiation on the one that wants to change it.

For example when Egypt cut their currency in half relative to the dollar over 18 months, every worker now has to try to double their wages or simply accept lower international purchasing power, and of course 99% get the latter.

One of the big narratives in UK and other parts of Europe lately is that they gotta prevent wages from rising too fast lest they cause inflation. But those wages are just trying to recoup some of their losses from inflation. First lawmakers said it was a supply chain problem, then they said it was an oil price problem, and now they say it's a wage problem, but ultimately it's a quantity of money problem (and an energy insecurity problem).

A lot of people change jobs unnecessarily just because that's how they get wage increases. Wages become "sticky" and so rather than moving up wages in place rationally to keep pace with inflation and the worker's own increased productivity, workers have to change jobs for no other reason than to reset the anchoring bias.
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SubPrime · 141w
https://nostr.build/i/b7062810fba8514dd85660bffe3461309c20e7a9f06e4487aa9dbd4f42b730fb.jpg
Josh · 141w
Inflation is definitely the most insidious tax.
QW · 141w
Time theft.
nostrich · 141w
I never really considered before how inflation might disrupt people’s lives by forcing them to change jobs. That’s awful…
CitizenPleb · 141w
Lyn status quo updates always hit hard. Lyn on #nostr is next-level amazing. Pure macro signal where it belongs!
scl · 141w
Inflation will be redefined… again
Beiwatch · 141w
It all Bitcoin ever achieves is helping hard working people avoid the slow decent, deeper into poverty, at no fault of their own, it will be the greatest creation in human history
Baker · 141w
Yes! In my big evil bank, I have to change jobs or corporations to get anything more than a 1 or 2% raise. That's what we all do to try to keep up somewhat.
techfeudalist · 141w
Another problem: you pay capital gains taxes on the full, inflated value of your assets. With high inflation, even savvy investors can purchasing power if they pay more in tax than the real investment gains. Best to just opt out. 🧡
nobody · 141w
If the President made an executive order that all wages were doubled tomorrow, companies would not be able to double their prices to keep profit margins, as there wouldn’t be enough money to buy the products at those prices. So companies would have to cut their workforces by 50% to bing total wage...
Hurvajs Rumcajs · 141w
It's making sure the wages always keep going down if someone doesn't (can't) fight back. So when crisis hits and people can't ask for more money, everyone pays The Debt (by dillution).
Darwin Award Winner · 141w
As a result, the poor and less able lose the most.
Boris · 141w
The last paragraph is very important! That is how you survive in fiat world - switch jobs, raising and raising salary. Great example of broken stimulus of fiat system!
Andrew McMahon · 141w
Why would beyonce and taylor do this to us?
nobody · 141w
+ bracket creep https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_creep
bitcarnicoin · 141w
Seems highly regarded
MineBitcoin · 141w
One typical CEO mantra : "Don't let a good crisis go to waste". If inflation occurs in times of hardships, like it seems it's going to, the middle class will impoverish big time and pay for all this accumulated debt.
Candid Wolf · 141w
Lyn love your work on Twitter and beyond. Curious if at some point you are planning to switch 100% to Nostr?
Jon · 141w
Living in the uk, I don't see many people willing to accept lower salaries just for the government to say inflation is coming down. Which is good. Why should they accept lower salaries
llama · 141w
Based on this logic, inflation drives innovation and better productivity. Unproductive Cattle sink, Productive ones seek a better valuation, and increase taxes. Based on this, inflationary policies are perfectly in line with their goals.
PiecoverBTC · 141w
Inflation is legalized theft, thus Bitcoin
Smith · 141w
We have to remove control over the money from Governments and Bitcoin does this
Greg Serdar · 141w
Inflation disrupts people’s lives in multiple ways: 1. Forces them to change jobs just to “keep up”. 2. Forces them to “invest” instead of “save”. Nothing wrong with the former, but it’s not for everyone and it shouldn’t be a “requirement”. 3. Forces them to buy hard assets as ...
corbius · 141w
Until one becomes too expensive and not productive enough and loses it.
Tir_na_n'Og · 141w
An excellent turn of phrase "puts the onus on". On target and simple to understand.