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What Happened in 1971?
We abandoned a sound monetary standard, jeopardizing our future economic prosperity
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Figure 1. Consumer Price Index, United States, 1775-2012
(level, 1775=1)
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Revolutionary War of
Civil
War
War
1812
1913
WWI
WWII
2400.00%
2200.00%
2000.00%
1800.00%
1600.00%
1971
1400.00%
1200.00%
1000.00%
800.00%
600.00%
1775 1790 1805 1820 1835 1850 1865 1880 1895 1910 1925 1940 1955 1970 1985 2000
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Historical Statistics of the United States, and Reinhart and Rogoff (2009).
Source: wtfhappened in 1971.com
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400.00%
200.00%
0.00%
1910
Cumulative Inflation
1913 - 2015
2015 InflationData.com
Updated 6/18/2015
97.96% 64.29% 43.88%
155.10%
204.08%
306.12%
780.61%
1265.31%
1675.51%
1915
1920
1925
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2326.58%
2136.52%
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