The cost of raising a child in 1995 averaged $145,000. Today it costs $227,000.
An ounce of gold sold for $58 in 1972. Today it costs $1,664.
Source: Goldprice.net
The price of one U.S. stamp in 1971 was 8 cents. Today it is 45 cents.
A pack of cigarettes sold for 45 cents in 1968. Today it costs up to $11.
The price of tuition at Yale was $1,950 in 1967. Today it is $38,300.
The median new home in 1963 cost $17,200. Today it is about $212,000.
Source: U.S. Census
A movie ticket cost 50 cents in 1962. Today it costs as much as $13.
A child’s ticket to Disneyland cost 35 cents in 1956. Today it costs $80.
A McDonald’s burger sold for 15 cents in 1955. It costs as much as $1.96 today.
Source: Food Timeline and USA Today
A 24-pack of Budweiser cost $2.93 in 1954. Today it costs $19.99.
The average price of a new car in 1950 was $1,510. Today it is $30,748.
Sources: The People History and Autoblog
A box of Corn Flakes cost 12 cents in 1945. Today a similar sized box costs $3.79.
Source: Food Timeline
The price of a Coca-Cola bottle in 1944 was 5 cents. Today a similar size bottle costs 89 cents.
Source: Food Timeline and WSJ
A Hershey Bar sold for 5 cents in 1937. A similar size bar costs 99 cents today.
The price of gas in 1923 was 21 cents per gallon. Today it averages $3.84 per gallon.
What happened to the dollar?
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-cheaper-everything-used-to-be-2012-4?op=1#ixzz1ts4R7CQj
Americas’s Money supply – Christian economics
John Featherstone
Marshall Foster- World History Institute
Jennifer Featherstone
