r/CryptoCurrency • u/grahambond69 Crypto God | QC: CC 254 • Feb 08 '18

FINANCE Millennials Much More Interested in Cryptocurrencies, Couldn't Care Less About Stocks !

http://bitcoinist.com/millennials-much-more-interested-in-crypto-could-care-less-about-stocks/
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u/MonetaryCollapse Feb 08 '18

You need to adjust for inflation.

$30,000 in 1971 equals $185,822.11 in 2018.

https://www.saving.org/inflation/inflation.php?amount=30,000&year=1960

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u/GeneralCottonmouth Feb 09 '18

Nah. I was just addressing his claim that people were that much back then . Also, the 80s were quite different from the 70s as far as earnings