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Here’s what you need to know. Between 2000 and 2017, the price of food went up by 41%, according to the BEA. The price of Internet access fell by 21%. Which change is more harmful to consumers?

Oh, yes, and food at home accounts for 6% of household spending, while Internet access accounts for 0.6%.

It’s worth noting that while the tech/telecom/ecommerce sector has been cutting prices since 2000, a wide variety of sectors have boosted prices sharply. Since 2000, the price of private sector higher education has gone up by 148%; the price of consumer financial services has gone up by 69%; the price of motor vehicle insurance has gone up by 67%; housing rents have gone up by 65%; the price of eating out has gone up by 60%; and so forth.

https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publications/competition-and-concentration-how-the-tech-telecom-ecommerce-sector-is-outperforming-the-rest-of-the-private-sector/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelmandel1/2018/11/29/why-digitizing-food-manufacturing-can-boost-living-standards/