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sarchertechtoday at 1:21 PM1 replyview on HN

A lot of that cheap junk is clothing and food, which now both make up a much lower percentage of total income than they did 100 years ago.


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usuitoday at 1:31 PM

What's the point of being able to spend less on cheap junk if the surplus is eaten up and outspent by important things that inflated during that timespan?

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