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One analogy is inflation vs hyperinflation.

Inflation is usually driven by money supply. Print more money or expand supply some other way and you get some inflation.

Hyperinflation is driven by hyperinflation. That is, prices are rising so fast, that they are forced even higher. People rush to buy goods, commodities to get rid of rapidly devaluing money as fast as possible. This drives up prices. Governments need to print more all the time because what they printed last month isn't enough this month.

Financial bubbles are similar and different to overpricing in a similar way. They drive themselves.



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