While the average hourly earnings of U.S. workers has increased from about $3 in 1970 to about $20 in 2013, what impact has inflation had on the buying power of that dollar?

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Inflation has suppressed the value of the dollars that workers earn. Therefore, today's worker can buy little more with their $20 per hour than the 1970's worker could with their $3 per hour wage.

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