{"product_id":"sh-tflation-how-corporations-quietly-degrade-everything-you-buy-eat-drive-and-stream-and-why-you-cant-escape-it-9798287852207","title":"Sh*tflation: How Corporations Quietly Degrade Everything You Buy, Eat, Drive, and Stream-And Why You Can't Escape It","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Southerland Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Inflation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the price hasn't changed, but everything else has? Welcome to \u003ci\u003eSh*\u003c\/i\u003etflation-the slow, invisible collapse of value in every corner of modern life. From shrinking grocery portions and hollowed-out furniture to software that demands a subscription for features you already had, this book reveals the systematic downgrading of quality across food, housing, cars, tech, healthcare, education, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn thirty razor-sharp chapters, \u003ci\u003eSh*\u003c\/i\u003etflation unpacks how corporations preserve profit margins by degrading products, stripping services, and manipulating consumer expectations. It exposes why fast food is slower, premium cars are emptier, and \"healthy alternatives\" are anything but. And it shows how governments, regulators, and even consumers themselves have become complicit in a marketplace where mediocrity is normalized and resistance is futile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from real-world case studies, economic history, and behavioral psychology, \u003ci\u003eSh*\u003c\/i\u003etflation delivers a blistering critique of how modern capitalism weaponizes indifference and fatigue. Whether it's fake meat with worse nutrition, Teslas sold with features locked behind a paywall, or streaming platforms that now charge more to give you less, this is the definitive guide to the modern consumer con.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever felt like your money buys less, your time is wasted more, and your expectations are quietly shrinking-this book shows it's not your imagination. It's the business model. You didn't opt in. You just live here now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSh*\u003c\/i\u003etflation is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the subtle, relentless decline of product quality in the 21st century-and what it means when opting out is no longer possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46335317016727,"sku":"9798287852207","price":1083.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798287852207.webp?v=1768674591","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sh-tflation-how-corporations-quietly-degrade-everything-you-buy-eat-drive-and-stream-and-why-you-cant-escape-it-9798287852207","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}