"Well, sir, times have changed, you might say."
"Inflation!" H.D. exploded.
"No, sir, none to speak of. You can still get a loaf of bread for a
quarter. It's just that the growth curve is pretty steep, and it gets
steeper all the time. Atomic energy, you know, and no wars for a long
time, and now no natural death.
"You can get twelve percent on your money in a savings bank. It's
really an expanding economy. Why, Chicago alone is worth more in
dollars and cents than all the nations of earth in our time."