Household goods affordability

Dean Hoffman · 2013-10-13T03:15:48+00:00

According to the Carpe Diem site one had to work 885 hours in 1959 to earn the same goods as one can earn working 170 hours in 2013. More here: One would work about 28 hours to buy a gas stove in 2013 compared to almost 91 hours in 1959. He has ten other examples of decreasing work hours needed to buy given items.

Oct 13, 2013 180 Replies

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krw 12 years ago

A rehearsal dinner is, by any definition of the term. ;-) I'm sure there are many similar cases.

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