Purchasing power across time

In 1925, a dozen eggs cost about 25 cents. The typical working man had to work about 30 seconds to buy a single egg. Today — after all the labor-saving devices… computers, motors, artificial intelligence… and 100 years of enlightened economic management — he has to work 50 seconds.

- Bill Bonner on #substack

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