It is because the profit is no longer bringing with it the purchasing power, which is the effectivity of the money to transport energy.
Inflation, is no longer indicating the ability of money to transport the energy needed to sustain populations, which of course includes all business.
Notice utilities energy companies are folding despite highest ever energy charges.
You mentioned your opinion that older workers will see this as just another round of boom and bust.
I agree, but you should see it as your duty as a scientist, to understand the physics of nature behind this, it is very different this time from any other in history, it could be a miracle if we recognise it for what it is, and make use of it.
But if we continue to ignore it, then we are in for a very nasty surprise, literally an unsurvivable surprise.
I've linked you to the stories showing the hard physical utilities data coupled with demographic data proving this, and you are a scientist, so should be able to easily work out its validity. If you understood it, you would not be asking your question.
I started on this six years ago, from PhD originally intended to bring a new tech product to market, but redirected my effort towards this when it became apparent no business, or individuals, will stay solvent, given money moving away from representing the energy product in use, scaling up, since around 2005.
At that time I didn't see it as existential, but I didn't understand the part that would be played by folk not seeing or accepting hard data and analysis.
A reminder of the link is here:
