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amypetrik8
214 days ago
Sure but pretty sure with your 1974 28k you could buy a nice house, whereas with your 2024 (equivalent) 45k you can buy an OK car, not a house
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raincole
214 days ago
In theory this graph is already inflation-adjusted.
In practice, I think this shows why economic statistics are borderline lies.
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marcosdumay
213 days ago
The problem is inflation. We have no way to reliably measure it over any long time-frame. Make the time long enough, and it even stops making sense as a concept.
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In practice, I think this shows why economic statistics are borderline lies.