Inflation and PinFlation

 Inflation
Nov 282009
 

Inflation changes our perspective of many things, especially numbers. Richard Feynman stated:

“There superman_pinball_2are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”pinflation300

The path of inflation reflects itself in more than prices. Here is an interesting take on Inflation through the history of Pinball – Pinflation

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