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Eric Budd@ericmbudd.com

I think the effect here isn't that expensive cars produce a transportation mode shift and more that expensive cars are keeping poorer people poor

nytimes.comOpinion | The Affordable Car Is Dead. What Happened?This is how cars got so ridiculously, forbiddingly expensive.

Eric Budd

@ericmbudd.com

most important thing to understand about the graph of increasing car prices: these are all adjusted for inflation. I presume because manufacturers are intentionally building bigger and more-featured cars, but also that profit margin is higher

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