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2. How rich is rich: J.D. Rockefeller was worth about $1 billion in 1910. Assuming an inflation rate of 3% per year, calculate Rockefeller’s wealth in 2017 dollars.

Inflating Rockefeller's wealth to 2017 dollars:$1bn x (1.03)^107 =$23.6365 bn

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