Prices didn’t “go up.”
The money got weaker.
ORCALC visualizes purchasing power using a simple unit: an orange. When you price real things in oranges, the decline of currency value becomes obvious.
The idea
Many goods change over time (processing, packaging, features). An orange is remarkably stable: grown, shipped, eaten. It’s a clean, intuitive unit-of-account lens.
Not a manifesto
This is not a precise economic model or investment advice. It’s a clarity tool: a simple way to compare “then vs now” without inflation jargon.
Stake in the ground: a tiny calculator today. Charts & history soon.