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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (722021)1/17/2006 12:36:17 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Hey, Uncle Fester: How much has the dollar lost in value since, say, 1929? (Or, 1960, 1980, whatever: pick your own favorite decade. :)

Second question: what happened to the Roman Empire (master of the 'known world' at the time, preeminent military power of the time) when it's economy began to hollow-out, and they began debasing their currency?