What's with the title? The article itself does not make this claim (even if it has some outlandish presentations of information) - it claims that dollars have 86% less purchasing power, not that we have 86% less purchasing power. The article does everything it can to make you think this without actually saying it, but it doesn't say it.

It's a terrible article, but that title is somehow worse.

(Honestly, I don't think this really deserves a submission, it's just wrong..)