I wonder how ordinary people around the world felt the worsening economic situation in their respective countries. I know that although many are very much aware of the soaring inflation, nothing has changed much in their day to day lives. I can observe that in some families. They seem oblivious of how the prices of basic goods and services are rising in double digits.
Almost all countries have experienced an increase in the price of goods as a result of inflation or recession, even the worst is in the sector of basic food needs and almost everyone is aware of this, because when they shop on the money market they no longer have enough value to spend.
In fact, this was quite felt when Covid-19 hit, but until now the world economy has not fully recovered after the outbreak has slowly disappeared.
From my household, however, we can literally taste the economic downturn. It feels odd and sad that we have to sacrifice taste in order to somehow cushion the impact of the economic problems my country is facing. Onion here is already hitting $12.57 a kilo. Depending on the size, that's about $0.63 apiece. Cooking an ordinary dish for a small family requires a bulb or two. During this holiday season especially, we normally need tens of onions. That's not affordable anymore. So we had to greatly reduce the use of onions and try not to care about how the dish would turn out. On ordinary days, onions are even removed from the ingredients.
If everyone can take advantage of a small piece of land in the yard of the house, then these needs can be met independently, everyone must have a piece of land that can be used for growing vegetables and other needs related to kitchen needs. Even in some countries people do not need such a large area of land to simply grow vegetables for their family's needs.
Unfortunately, today's people are too dependent on the government system in providing solutions to these problems, even though we can solve them independently in a simple way.
I had to share this here because it feels like the economic situation has already affected the most basic need of everybody. It seems insignificant because it's only a spice, but I thought that if the economic situation is already affecting everybody's taste buds, it could mean things are getting pretty serious.
To solve economic problems, each individual must play a small role in solving his family's problems, really hoping that the government will never provide a full solution. Small things can be started from meeting the needs of food that is grown independently and by utilizing the empty land in the yard of the house.
In my opinion, this is more optimal for a solution, compared to waiting for the government to solve it, moreover they think about many things, so they will never be optimal for the solution we want.