Corporate greed drives CPI higher; pricing power lets firms skim extra cash regardless of policy or shocks.
Fed policy is a bandage, not the cure. The real driver is corporate pricing power; curb greed and inflation will bow to tougher rules.
Greed matters, but inflation comes from money in circulation and scarce goods. A steady Fed and sound money curb CPI more than blaming firms.
Global shocks happen, but CPI sticks where pricing power meets weak discipline—focus on value, design, and efficiency, not blame.
