A young mother was watching a television news program with her eight-year-old son. The newscaster reported on the stock market, saying, “The value of the dollar is up.” The boy then turned to his mother and asked what the newscaster meant. The best explanation she could offer was that people could buy more with a dollar than they previously were able to. The son thought for a few moments and then asked, “Do the stores know about this?”
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