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Ep. 31 – 1970s Stagflation and the '80s Finance Boom
Coins, Currency & American History
The 1970s opened with a sense of promise. But soon enough, familiar comforts started to slip away. Gas lines stretched for blocks. Prices climbed higher week after week. And the steady growth that defined the previous decades suddenly felt uncertain.
But then came the 1980s. The economy recovered, then boomed – but so did the national debt. It was a time when the rules of money seemed to change. And United States coinage reflected those shifts in quiet but telling ways...
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