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http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/papers/Agprice.pd...
Adam Smith discusses prices and notes that whilst silver prices are more uniform across the decades, corn (grain) prices are across the centuries. Daily food is a pretty good constant, after factoring out annual ag variability.
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http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/papers/Agprice.pd...
Adam Smith discusses prices and notes that whilst silver prices are more uniform across the decades, corn (grain) prices are across the centuries. Daily food is a pretty good constant, after factoring out annual ag variability.