Monica Vantilburg
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1,410 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 22 Jul
Monica Vantilburg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And boom, now your morning cup of black drip coffee costs $3.50 when it used to be $1.90 in 1990.
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If you're used to swinging by the deli every morning, that's a $584 jump in your annual expenses.
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Meanwhile, demand pull inflation is basically the hype beast effect.
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When everyone wants something across an industry, the prices tend to rise.
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Take tech, for example.
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It's not enough anymore to just have one laptop that's operating on Windows Vista.
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Now everyone wants a tablet, a smartphone, a smartwatch, maybe even wearable glasses with an AI assistant built into them.
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There is huge interest in purchasing tech across the board, so companies know they can balloon the costs.
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They know what we want, and it's to be watching a screen at all times.
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Kind of kidding.
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Kind of sadly true.
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But it's not just about the things we want.
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Demand pull is also happening to things we need, like housing and gas.
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There's huge demand for housing right now and not enough supply, which is why rent and mortgages are shooting up pretty much everywhere in the country.
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No matter how insane the price sounds, someone needs to live there and will shell out to have a roof over their head.
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In 1990, the median monthly rent for an unfurnished apartment in the U.S.
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was $600.
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And at the start of 2023, it was $1,837.
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That's an Olympic level gold medalist triple jump.
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Finally, built-in inflation is the secret third thing.
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