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IronLionZion

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24. Wealthy people love inflation and benefit from it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:29 PM

9 hrs ago

they get more revenue, higher returns on their investments, higher stock prices, higher valuation of assets like real estate, etc. but proportionally lower increases in their costs. So their wealth increases during inflation.

One might wonder if they are conspiring to keep inflation high.

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