"The inflation rate signals instability in the social order. That instability, it seems, translates into capitalists’ fears about the future. When the price system is more unstable, capitalists discount present income more steeply."
in "The Ritual of Capitalization" by [@blair_fix](https://mastodon.online/@blair_fix ): https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2021/06/02/the-ritual-of-capitalization/
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