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your grandmother tells you a dollar doesn't go as far as it use to. she says the "purchasing power" of a dollar is much less than it used to be. explain what she means. try to use and explain terms like inflation and deflation in your answer

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Back then. A dollar was worth WAYYYYY more than it is now. back then you could buy a lollipop for a like a penny. However as time went on we went through deflation and prices went down

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