On 18/10/05, James R. Johnson modean52@comcast.net wrote:
Not really related to the Placeopedia, but is there some kind of function we can write wherein the dollar amount adjusts based on inflation? Something that cost $50 in 1790 would cost several times that amount today, but a different amount from its cost 10 years from now. Is there some auto-function we could do that would display the original cost, and present cost, such as:
Original Cost: $50 USD Present Value of Original Cost: $1500 USD
The problem is that this is an art more than a science. The "1865" conversion rate would work okay for seeing how much a cup of coffee cost then - but it'd give an impressively misleading equivalent value for the Alaska Purchase.
-- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk