FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 13, 2022

but in 2022 inflation, what would you pay after going past Monopoly’s Go space?

Updated Monopoly “Chance” card: You contract Covid-19, you lose 2 weeks wages.

The numbers don’t lie …. but Jason does.

Back in 1965 I loaned my sister $5. Now let’s see. 33 and 1/3 percent interest, compounded daily …

It’s not real money so it doesn’t inflate. And, even if it does, you can’t uze real-world-currency inflation rates to figure it out. This is a good example of uzing maths without first understanding the data, which is a good way to get a wrong answer.

Well, after consulting my Monopoly board, and knowing there is no inflation there because I don’t see any balloons, I have calculated, using both differential and integral calculus, that the cost of passing go is……. $200! Q.E.D.

Aw, that’s adorable that he thinks wages would keep up with inflation.

Gotta apply that to the cost to buy property too.

Glad to see that Peter is at least smart enough that he’s not buying this.