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Re:Restaurant prices in the 19th and 20th centuries (2009) by dsr_ on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:19PM (#28021993)
The data's not available before 1947, but the trend is clear: you're looking at the early part of a compound growth formula (with large annual variability).

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA/

US GDP per person has grown about 1% per year on average.

Wages stopped increasing to match productivity in the early 1980s, and that trend continues.

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Re:Restaurant prices in the 19th and 20th centuries (2009) by mensetmanusman on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:27AM (#28026100)
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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Re:Restaurant prices in the 19th and 20th centuries (2009) by guerrilla on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:02AM (#28025157)
> Wages stopped increasing to match productivity in the early 1980s

1970s not 1980s:

https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

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