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rrrrr · 3822 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why America's Essentials Are Getting More Expensive While Its Toys Are Getting Cheap - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
A simplistic attempt to explain that would be: Services need to employ local people (who cost more), while things can be made in countries where people earn relatively little. But I don't know how much of the discrepancy that actually explains. Healthcare and education are notoriously expensive in the US compared to other developed countries.