What I also find with a bit more years of experience is that different groups are impacted quite differently by inflation and price shifts like currently happening.
Take my 15 year younger self. I was driving to university 35km (around 22 miles) and back every weekday. Additionally 4 - 5 times per week I drove this for my job as well (I was working as a bartender while in university).
I paid for gasoline from my tip. The rest money was for costs of living. I was happy when I was able to buy a book for leisure reading. The price for gasoline in Germany skyrocketed in the last few weeks. I would have been hit so hard by these prices.
Nowadays, with a stable job, working from home and earning quite well I don't drive that much by a long shot. This gasoline price surge doesn't hit me so hard nowadays. Because I am in a privileged position to be able to WFH and earning more than enough, that it would not impact me so hard if I would need to drive to the office every day.
In my opinion people with less available/spendable income are hit harder. Rural people are hit harder (at least in Germany gasoline is more expensive in my experience in rural areas). People who absolutely need to commute to work are hit harder.
Take my 15 year younger self. I was driving to university 35km (around 22 miles) and back every weekday. Additionally 4 - 5 times per week I drove this for my job as well (I was working as a bartender while in university).
I paid for gasoline from my tip. The rest money was for costs of living. I was happy when I was able to buy a book for leisure reading. The price for gasoline in Germany skyrocketed in the last few weeks. I would have been hit so hard by these prices.
Nowadays, with a stable job, working from home and earning quite well I don't drive that much by a long shot. This gasoline price surge doesn't hit me so hard nowadays. Because I am in a privileged position to be able to WFH and earning more than enough, that it would not impact me so hard if I would need to drive to the office every day.
In my opinion people with less available/spendable income are hit harder. Rural people are hit harder (at least in Germany gasoline is more expensive in my experience in rural areas). People who absolutely need to commute to work are hit harder.
So the distribution of impact isn't even as well.