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Is corporate greed the culprit behind inflation?

This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.

How do businesses change their prices during times of inflation? Do they raise prices a little higher than they need to in order to line their pockets a little more?

That's one way to describe the theory of greedflation.

Macroeconomist Joe Santos, Ph.D., joins In the Moment to debunk greedflation and explain what's happening in our economy today.

Read Santos' full blog post.

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Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.
Ellen Koester is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.
Ari Jungemann is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.