The food inflation crisis in the developing world has been front-page news. But spiraling food prices are much of a developed world problem, too.

The highest inflation in 50 years has forced them to change their shopping and eating habits—including cutting back on how much they tuck away at meals.

Call it “dietflation”.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well according to this chart, the percent of your paycheck going to the mortgage is better than it was in '81 and not that much worse than '90.

    Also you don’t have to buy a $500k house. You choose to do so.

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      1 year ago

      Also you don’t have to buy a $500k house. You choose to do so.

      What if there’s nothing else available? As is the case in pretty much every metro area… everywhere.