It went away when we demanded stuff for the very lowest price.
We have already felt the job loss effect of "the lowest price" when companies had to seek lower wage locations to reduce the price of goods.

Another causality of "The lowest price" we are just beginning to see is the loss of is research and development funding. I believe it will be a couple of years before we will feel the full brunt of that causality.

The next thing we will experience will be the price increase of those low priced items. Manufacturing costs have continued to rise, and a price adjustment is inevitable.

Only after people become so upset with the poor quality of "the lowest price" will we begin to see quality improve, but unfortunately I suspect that won't take place until after the low priced has that dramatic price increase. Gene