On 18/10/05, James R. Johnson <modean52(a)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.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk