Your Life in Hours

"Money is a tool for trading human time. Central banks wield this tool as a weapon to steal time." — Robert Breedlove

M2 money supply: FRED · CPI: Official statistics bureaus

Hours stolen from you this year

52

That's 1.3 weeks of work lost to m2 money supply growth (2.5%)

Debasement Rate

2.5%

M2 Money Supply Growth

Weeks of Work Stolen

1.3

Purchasing power lost

$1,496/yr

M2 money supply measures total dollars in existence. When the Fed creates new dollars, every existing dollar buys less. CPI understates this through hedonic adjustments and substitution effects.

Year-by-Year Hours Stolen

Based on your $60,000 salary, measured by m2 money supply growth.

2025
52 hours (2.5%)
2024
35 hours (1.7%)
2023
55 hours (2.6%)
2022
20 hours (0.9%)
2021
364 hours (17.5%)
2020
418 hours (20.1%)
Show earlier years
2019
138 hours (6.6%)
2018
79 hours (3.8%)
2017
101 hours (4.9%)
2016
146 hours (7.0%)
2015
119 hours (5.7%)
2014
130 hours (6.2%)
2013
106 hours (5.1%)
2012
172 hours (8.3%)
2011
201 hours (9.7%)
2010
75 hours (3.6%)
2009
78 hours (3.7%)
2008
189 hours (9.1%)
2007
129 hours (6.2%)
2006
122 hours (5.8%)
2005
86 hours (4.1%)
2004
123 hours (5.9%)
2003
100 hours (4.8%)
2002
130 hours (6.3%)
2001
218 hours (10.5%)
2000
120 hours (5.8%)
1999
128 hours (6.2%)
1998
180 hours (8.7%)
1997
117 hours (5.6%)
1996
102 hours (4.9%)
1995
86 hours (4.1%)
1994
10 hours (0.5%)
1993
31 hours (1.5%)
1992
33 hours (1.6%)
1991
63 hours (3.0%)
1990
79 hours (3.8%)
1989
114 hours (5.5%)
1988
120 hours (5.8%)
1987
75 hours (3.6%)
1986
197 hours (9.5%)
1985
167 hours (8.1%)
1984
180 hours (8.7%)
1983
235 hours (11.3%)
1982
184 hours (8.8%)
1981
203 hours (9.8%)
1980
178 hours (8.6%)
1979
163 hours (7.8%)
1978
157 hours (7.6%)
1977
213 hours (10.2%)
1976
278 hours (13.4%)

Hours stolen = Annual salary × Inflation rate ÷ Hourly wage. All calculations use official CPI data.

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