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"So, I decided to look at M3-adjusted GDP from January 1980 to January 2005. Without adjusting for population growth, M3-adjusted GDP in 2005 was only only 88% of what it was in 1980 -- per capita GDP in 2005 was only 73% of what it was in 1980." (emphasis mine)
- Nick Bradley

For someone who will understand

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to the people who don’t understand.”

- Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit