Learn about purchasing power, its effect on currency value, and how inflation influences what one unit of money can buy.

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

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circa 1969: Still-life of bundles of American paper currency. The bundles include five, ten, twenty, and fifty dollar bills. (Photo by Lambert/Getty Images) In an editorial at the Wall Street Journal ...

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