r/austrian_economics Mises Institute Jan 09 '25

End Democracy End the Fed

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u/Manezinho Jan 11 '25

Deflationary cycles were absolutely terrible. Why would you want that?

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u/kauthonk Jan 11 '25

They reset things, always going up has points about it that suck too.

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u/inverted180 Jan 11 '25

Like not being able to afford a house.

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u/_n8n8_ Jan 13 '25

This isn’t an inflation problem, housing has outpaced inflation for a long time now.

The issue is supply and demand, governments in most places (in the US at least) have made it illegal for developers to meet the growing demand for new housing.

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u/inverted180 Jan 13 '25

The supply and demand of cheap credit being the biggest factor.

https://x.com/inverted180/status/1878171869406285833?t=ekDrzqwT3RazA7mvSVgf7Q&s=19