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Your grocery bill isn't inflation anymore. It's just the new price.
Inflation is a rate of change. Once the rate goes back to normal, the price doesn't go back with it — and pretending otherwise is doing a lot of quiet work for somebody's margin.
Sarah Bennett · Jul 3 · 7 min read
A receipt. The cereal costs what it costs now. It is not coming back down.
A spreadsheet of 'side hustle income' that, per hour, is below minimum wage. It's still called hustle.
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The 'side hustle' is just a second job with worse hours and no benefits.
Kevin Walsh · Jul 1 · 7 min read
A floor plan. Notice how many walls got removed, and why.
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Open offices were about cheap rent, not collaboration.
Kevin Walsh · Jun 10 · 6 min read
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01 Your grocery bill isn't inflation anymore. It's just the new price. 02 The 'side hustle' is just a second job with worse hours and no benefits. 03 Open offices were about cheap rent, not collaboration.
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