• GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldOPM
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    8 months ago

    Its compared to our buying power, which has diminished from a case of candy to a Halloween size bag of Gummies

    • AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      No. Your wages have increased as well, so in 1900 you’d be very very wealthy. That is how inflation works. As a worker you should be interested in your buying power per hour of labor. Not the buying power of a currency.