> The alternative is to have your boss decide for you when he wants to fire you Just for fun, I thought I’d do the math on deflationary economics: #!/usr/

> The alternative is to have your boss decide for you when he wants to fire you Just for fun, I thought I’d do the math on deflationary economics: #!/usr/bin/env raku use v6; multi sub deflate($n, $r, $y) { my $m = $n; loop (my $i = 0; $i < $y; $i++) { $m = deflate($m, $r); } $m; } multi sub deflate($n, $r) { $n * (1 + $r); } sub MAIN(:$rate = 0.0225, :$years = 10) { my $purchasing-power = 1; my $deflate = deflate($purchasing-power, $rate, $years); my $output = qq:to/EOF/.trim; After $years years of deflation at a rate of {$rate * 100}% per year, purchasing power is {$deflate * 100}% of what it was initially. EOF $output.say; } Without inflation, your personal wealth would grow by the average inflation rate target plus GDP growth, compounding each year. Assuming an average inflation rate target of 2% per year (per the Fed) and an average GDP growth rate of 0.25% per year, your real purchasing power would grow by about 25% per decade. Under this scenario, you could mimic a universal basic income of $1000 per month upon saving a total of $480,307. Bonus: your monthly “UBI” could never be shut off by your government.