The bill of indictment against the 1970s usually leads with Jimmy Carter, disco, bell bottoms and leisure suits, pet rocks, those Damn Yankees, the bogus “energy crisis,” and stagflation. And did I make sure to mention Jimmy Carter?
But maybe we’ve overlooked one key data set with a marker of 1970s weirdness (click to embiggen):
You can find more over on Reddit.
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