Tag: historical food prices

Over 100 Years, Food Prices Have FALLEN By 82%

Aug 27, 2008

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Economics, History, Human Progress, Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic

Carpe Diem (Mark Perry): Over 100 Years, Food Prices Have FALLEN By 82% … And it's not just egg prices that have fallen over the last 100 years. Grocery prices in general fell in real price by 82% between 1919 and 2007, measured in the number of hours worked (9.5 to 1.7 hours, another way…