10x matters quite a bit in generational wealth terms. If every generation doubles the number of plausible claimants to the wealth, thats about what is needed to balance out.
On the other hand:
> If I was alive in 1922 and stashed away $8 million in cash it would only be worth about $140 million today.
On the other hand:
> If I was alive in 1922 and stashed away $8 million in cash it would only be worth about $140 million today.
Why would it not be worth $8 million?