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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by amypetrik8 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @10:24PM (#45975493)
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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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by raincole on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @11:18PM (#45975801)
In theory this graph is already inflation-adjusted.

In practice, I think this shows why economic statistics are borderline lies.

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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by marcosdumay on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @01:18PM (#45982910)
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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