• Billiam
    link
    fedilink
    22
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    My dude, corporations were putting in their earnings reports for the COVID years that they were having record profits because they were using COVID-based supply disruptions to increase their prices. Even a basic knowledge of economics would lead one to understand that if supply for a good becomes limited, demand stays the same, and profits go up, it could only be because the price of that good has significantly increased as well.

      • Billiam
        link
        fedilink
        101 year ago

        Except corporations were posting record profits. So both profit per unit and overall profitability were increased.

        They took advantage of COVID to fleece the public.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          11 year ago

          For some companies, sure.

          Intel and AMD, for example, already sold so many computers during the pandemic their profits are down now