Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l...
by toast0 on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:14AM
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> no one under 50 has really witnessed it in their adult life
The inflation rates aren't too bad, but $10k can't get you a (very lowend) new car anymore, like it did when I graduated. Speaking of graduation, looking ahead to college prices for my kid, sticker prices are easily the price of a whole 4 year degree when I went for every year.
If we include my childhood, arcade games used to be a quarter; the last arcade I was in, even Pac-Man was 50 cents, let alone the dollar or two dollar games that were more modern.
The inflation rates aren't too bad, but $10k can't get you a (very lowend) new car anymore, like it did when I graduated. Speaking of graduation, looking ahead to college prices for my kid, sticker prices are easily the price of a whole 4 year degree when I went for every year.
If we include my childhood, arcade games used to be a quarter; the last arcade I was in, even Pac-Man was 50 cents, let alone the dollar or two dollar games that were more modern.