Why does everything feel so expensive? Faktorprisutjämning

America does not have a price problem. It has a wage problem. 

For years, policymakers celebrated cheap consumer goods as proof that globalization was working. After China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, U.S. corporations shifted production overseas at an unprecedented speed. 

The result was a surge in imports and a collapse in the price of tradable goods such as electronics, apparel and furniture.

The research paper “On the Persistence of the China Shock” found that import competition accounted for more than half of the decline in U.S. manufacturing employment in the 2000s. 

Roughly 3.4 million factory jobs disappeared. Most displaced workers did not transition into equally productive, equal-paying employment. Many left the labor force completely.

If the United States wants to solve its affordability crisis, it must rebuild the wage base that once supported the middle class. 

MarketWatch March 18, 2026 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-does-everything-feel-so-expensive-look-at-wages-not-the-cpi-d4d4376e



Prisnivån Price Level talas det inte mycket om. De flesta kommenterar om KPI/CPI stigit med 0,2 eller 0,3

Inflationen sjunker, vilket gläder ekonomer. Prisnivån stiger, vilket bekymrar alla andra.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/02/donald-trump-ar-inte-popular-bland.html



Factor-price equalization - Faktorprisutjämning

https://www.internetional.se/factorpricequal.htm

Dito Perplexity

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/price-equalization-theory-4XxeMQcpTkejBX28dbGThQ


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