Anselmo,
Right, it’s not only that things get more expensive, but more profitable to make more expensive too. On the downslope as shortages develop faster than expectations are broken the prices of things are driven up. Then people who control resources profit from accelerating their depletion which vastly worsens the problem.
I think that’s a good general explanation for why the last tree on the Easter Islands was cut down. It was the one with the highest profit to the owner. That that also effectively terminated what was probably a kind of “tree worship” civilization is the curiosity…
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