How come we experience so much more inflation than deflation? in other words, why does our buying power decrease far more often than it increases?

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Better yet, look at crypto, where people believe inflation is all about monetary supply and restrict it on purpose. The result? Wild volitity, huge crashes, and low velocity of money because everyone hoards it instead of spending.

I don't feel crypto is a good example because it is used by so many people as more of an investment and most spending was never really feasible due to high transaction costs and slow transactions.

It's what happens when people treat money as an investment and don't spend it. Money that's useful as money would be a bad investment.