Vastator
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Correct. There has been a long standing truism regarding the value of the dollar vs. the value of gold. In the 20's- 30's, till now, a man man could buy either an ounce of gold, or a good quality suit, for roughly the same price. The same is true today. But you cannot buy either in comparable dollar amounts across those time spans...It is still an onion, dunce, it just means that once it didnt take more dollars to buy that onion, as it does now.
I was in Turkey back in 1990s and 1 red apple, that cost my wife 6 dollars was translated into 4 million Turkish Lira.
An ounce of gold in 1932 was 20 dollars. Today that same ounce of gold is $2,000 dollars. It is still an ounce of gold, but the buying value of the dollar is 100 times less.....