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[–] echodot@feddit.uk -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why is the US dollar always worth less than the pound and the euro, if it's this great functioning economy? I've never been able to work that one out.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Because 1 apple isn't equal to 1 banana.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Because the actual number doesn't matter, only the change trajectory.

Put it differently: A water melon costs more than a dollar. Still, a water melon doesn't have a great functioning economy.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's why people really ought to be taught basic economics before being let out to frolic in the wild.