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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (37745)8/14/2005 11:48:06 AM
From: Les HRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
[quote]Grace "Miss Information" Zaccardi claims the value of manufactured products produced by America has increased 12 fold since 1945. A typical Monetarist lie.[/quote]

I would guess that most of that increase is due to the growth in the defense and aerospace industries and due to inflation. The cost of a new car in 1945 was around $ 2000, nearly the same as in 1900. Now, it's around $ 30,000.

Here's a very interesting site that provides the cost of items as found in Morris County, New Jersey over the years:

gti.net
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