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Wonder how much the purchasing power of $1 declined on the same timescale Cheesy

^ Exactly this.

Exactly this!! I was reading and I was thinking WTF is he talking about, $1 is worth nothing today!
The graphs are exactly the same on different direction, nothing changed, actually it should go up because the population increased

So contraception is the solution to fight poverty?

You are sort of wasting your time. Your chart shows that things are getting better for most people in the world. A lot of posters in this forum don't want to hear that so they reply saying "inflation" "population" and a few other excuses to be pessimistic.

Here's a few more charts that cause unhappiness: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/24/these-31-charts-will-destroy-your-faith-in-humanity/

This just doesn't seem to be a forum where good news is welcome. A lot of people fantasise that we are in the Final Days, that the state will collapse and that we will all live in basements and use ammo as the ultimate currency. Being told that life is getting better and better really doesn't make them happy Cheesy

So... pessimism is driving the price of bitcoin up? NNooooo!!! Grin