Episode 82:  Don’t be fooled by political & financial double-speak.  Prices rise & fall because of two independent factors- Supply/Demand and Inflation/Deflation. Supply > Demand:  prices fall  [this can be caused by a number of factors: consumer apathy, over capacity of production, technological advances, etc] Demand > Supply:  prices increase [consumers are willing to pay more to get something that... Read more →