Apparently mathematics is the queen of sciences, in college they say so about economics.
2+2=4, but when it comes to inflation everything is going somewhere, how is it that inflation in Poland is at the level of 17% and prices are 100, 200 or even 300% higher?
Today we were preparing for the new garden season, garbage fees will be 250%, various other fees have also gone up, at the moment the fee per meter of land has increased by 67%, so I politely ask where inflation at the level of 17%, prices are rising strongly and I'm not talking about luxury goods, And about the necessities that every honest working person should be able to afford.
More and more often there are various forums I see entries of people asking for food, because after paying the rent and bills they do not have much to live on. Prices are rushingforward, salaries are rising slightly, a home loan is a shot in the knee at the moment because interest rates are rising and leading people to final steps. The assessment of the situation in my country and the world does not herald a quick improvement, at the same time there are plans to reduce the number of hours (working days) so that everyone can regenerate.
The idea sounds like a great 4-day working week, but I have the impression that this privilege will be available only to the richest, and those earning more modestly will have at most time to work on the second or third job, which will result in the fact that the balance between work and private life will still remain in the sphere of dreams of the majority of society. The idea is good and as always on paper everything looks great, but the truth is that only part of the society will use the 3-day weekend, and most will provide services for the chosen ones anyway.
On the one hand, I am glad that we live in a country with access to health care, I usually use private care, but children easily get to the pediatrician in my clinic, and this is not so obvious recently, on the other hand, I see more and more problems with getting to the doctor, there are already too few of them and despite this, that they study for years, they have to work several jobs to live at some reasonable level.
Sometimes I wonder if it is normal that to be able to go on vacation, you have to earn extra money or save every penny, or rest is really a luxury good, available to a few?.
Recently in sociology classes, we talked about whether Poland is a rich country, none of thestudents indicated that we are among the highly developed countries, and yet this is how we fall in world statistics. These studies slightly change the way we look at our reality, at the same time they make us think about whether such high inflation will not contribute to the weakening of our country's position, will not take us a few steps back.
Already now, after shopping Poles, you can see a change in shopping preferences, looking for cheaper substitutes, most people, life is harder, on the other hand, I am grateful that in my city of work there are more than willing to work, I am glad that I do not have to rent an apartment and although the area on which we live leaves much to be desired, however, we have our own account, As they say, tight but own.
I am also grateful that we have peace in the country, because when I look at the situation in our neighbors, where bombs fall on apartment blocks, tanks enter cities and people die, every day on the streets, I think that we have nothing to complain about, looking from this perspective everything is somehow less important and more bearable to digest.
I wish all of us a better perspective, a positive view of the world, finding the human element in ourselves.
And as much as I like mathematics because it is so logical, oh yesle economics somehow overwhelms me, especially when it comes to the subject of inflation.
POLSKI:
Matematyka, ekonomia, inflacja w ostatnim czasie to jakaś czarna magia.