r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/StuartMcNight 9h ago

Low inflation might be the first step towards deflation. Many economists would argue that deflation is a worse situation for the economy because it leads to a sharp drop of consumption and therefore a huge recession follows?

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u/Own_Policy8854 9h ago

We could redistribute wealth to prevent it from pooling and creating economic disasters in the first place.

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u/usurper7 7h ago

Why don't we just print an infinite amount of money so that everyone is rich? Have you ever considered that?

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u/Own_Policy8854 6h ago

Well, that's nothing at all like what I said.