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That would mean that the purchasing power of every dollar that you have in your pay envelope, or in the bank, or included in your insurance policy or your pension, would be reduced to about eighty centsą worth.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “That would mean that the purchasing power of every dollar that you have in your pay envelope, or in the bank, or…”
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Roosevelt illustrates the impact of inflation on the purchasing power of money.
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