Inflation?

So if the amount of money keeps rising as in (a candy bar used to cost 5 cents, now it costs $1.25) what will it be like in 25 years? $8.00? Those are kind of stupid examples, but i have always been curious.. I mean, they just cant start over, can they?

Answer:
The reason for the candy bar that cost more is two fold. One the Fed purposely inflates the economy due to population increases. The second is that the money is fiat and the Fed can inflate or deflate the economy as much as possible. The answer to this would be a hard money, for example basing the dollar on a commodity (ie gold or silver).
Sure they can start over. Many countries lop off a few zeros and give the currency a new name when inflation gets out of control
Well, it doesn't always just go up. There's fluctuations in prices and while the value of currency goes up or down, prices change accordingly.
Yeah but the minimum wages get raised too.

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