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43 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 30 Jan \ parent \ on: MONEY CLASS OF THE DAY: A Lesson in Inflation Adjusting, Christmas Carol Edition econ

I don’t think that’s what they intend but the note is confusing.

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55 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 30 Jan

Yeah I realized it might not be an adjustment to modern times, but some comparison between Dickens' and Austen's time? Threw me for a loop because people usually are adjusting to today's dollars

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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 30 Jan

I see. I didn’t get why they were adjusting 1798 prices to 1843.

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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 7 Feb

They werent, thats my mistake - I added a graph from The Economist that had nothing to do with the WSJ/Dickens article other than illustrate income distribution of famous literary characters (in that case Austen)... And that's where 1798 came in

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