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I found a calculator, provided by the Federal Government, that calculates buying power for any two years using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data between those two years.
It's limited to amounts under $10,000, but you can work around that limitation by moving the decimal left and right.
Now, if I could just get my hands on some past price data for some things, I could verify my hypothesis about the middle class.
I am a Principal Enterprise Architect and Ontologist at Model Driven Solutions. Since 1984 I have been a professional enterprise architect, systems architect, software designer, and software developer. I specialize in information and ontology modeling, and contribute to standards at the OMG, including the Information Management Metamodel.
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