Together these molecules form a liquid. However, taken as separate molecules both of these are gases. The argument is that since together these molecules form the liquid water that separately they must be a liquid as well. The fallacy of division is also the opposite of the fallacy of composition.
See also consumer price index, core inflation, cost-push inflation, demand-pull inflation, GDP deflator, producer price index, purchasing power risk. Inflation. Inflation is a persistent increase in prices, often triggered when demand for goods is greater than the available supply or when unemployment is low and workers can command higher salaries. Moderate inflation typically accompanies economic growth.
In mainstream economics, the word âinflationâ refers to a general rise in prices measured against a standard level of purchasing power. Previously the term was used to refer to an increase in the money supply, which is now referred to as expansionary monetary policy or monetary inflation. Inflation is measured by comparing two sets of goods at two points in time, and computing the increase in cost not reflected by an increase in quality.