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In reply to the discussion: Atheism to Defeat Religion By 2038 (photo update) [View all]LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)The author of the article seems to be ignoring the time value of money. The buying power of $30k in 2004 is a very different value than it is in 2038. Doing a quick web search i found this:
[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#dcdcdc; padding-bottom:5px; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-bottom:none; border-radius:0.4615em 0.4615em 0em 0em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]http://www.economist.com/node/10534662 :[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#f0f0f0; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-top:none; border-radius:0em 0em 0.4615em 0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]According to an index produced by Goldman Sachs, global inflation was 4.8% in the year to November, two percentage points up from the previous year (see chart). Prices accelerated in 80% of the countries that Goldman tracks.
So going by this the global inflation rate exceeds the average rate of GDP growth (4.8% vs 3.3%). Unfortunately this means we will never reach the atheist threshold point