Spending-based Inflation

I would love to see this change. The current economy doesn't resemble anything that exists in real economics. Also, The resourcesin the marketplace nobody buys still inflate disproportionately to demand. Such a massive surplus of a specific resource in the open market would push the price to rapidly approach the limits of Zero.

The inflation mechanic is definitely...awkward.  Seems like it should be an all or nothing mechanic, but there's wonky exceptions put in place, likely to prevent some perceived gamebreaking scenarios.  Unfortunately, it just makes it something you either understand and manipulate like a master, or ignore completely because you have better things to do.  Kinda binary in that regard.