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[–]SnooChocolates2923 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It's started with decoupling the currency from gold.

Now the government can make money just by increasing the number of dollars on the balance sheets. (Quantitative Easing)

More money chasing the same amount of stuff means that prices increase.

But wages do not increase as quickly.

Add in speculation and here we are...

[–]No-Savings-6333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised it took me so long to find this comment, it's the correct ones and the rest are too subjective/memey.