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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2698318, member: 27832&quot;]But, see, that&#039;s <i>completely wrong</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here, have an inflation-adjusted chart:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://inflationdata.com/Inflation/images/charts/Gold/Inflation%20Adjusted%20Gold-2016-Sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the part of the chart from 1913 through 1971 is a bit bogus, because the &quot;price of gold&quot; was artificially fixed -- by <i>fiat</i>, if you will -- at certain dollar amounts. After 1971, the price of gold (or, if you prefer, the value of everything else) was free to fluctuate. And what you see is <i>enormous</i> swings, from $250 to $2000 (in May 2016 dollars), back down to 400, back up to 1700 or so, and back down to 1200 or less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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