Read more: Here are 5 simple ways to grow rich with real estate — whether you have $10 or $100,000 to investThe dollar’s shrinking buying power is familiar to Americans. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis [3], $100 in 2025 buys what just $12.05 could in 1970.“There won't be a default — the central bank will come in and we'll print the money and buy it,” he said. “And that's where there's the depreciation of money.”With the U.S. national debt at $37.45 trillion, that scenario is no longer f ...