Comment Comment by nateabele > They're not really growth curves, the curves show relative growth rates. Not quite the same thing.An exponential growth curve is an exponential growth curve, irrespective of what it measures. Thanks anyway for the pedantry.> And if you think some central mechanism has gone horribly awry, what central mechanisms changed around 1980?In 1974, the US dollar switched from being a store of value to a store of debt: https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserv... parent nateabele 9 years ago
An exponential growth curve is an exponential growth curve, irrespective of what it measures. Thanks anyway for the pedantry.
> And if you think some central mechanism has gone horribly awry, what central mechanisms changed around 1980?
In 1974, the US dollar switched from being a store of value to a store of debt: https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserv...