I spent 5 more minutes and found the solution to inflation in 1975: invest in equities.
12%+ annual return from 1975 to 1981.
2000cs in 2021, don't worry about inflation, invest in equities.
The previous chart was SP500 price only. The chart below includes dividend reinvestment.
https://www.officialdata.org/us/stoc...0&endYear=1981