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That is not inflation adjusted. Also 1970 is before the usd was taken off the gold standard, and the subsequent oil shocks that followed. Gold/oil has traded in a range that whole time, while gold/usd and oil/usd has changed, well, 52 times.

Inflation adjusted today's prices are not that bad in comparison.




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