The highest and lowest prices are $0.20 and $2.00 respectively. Calculating the equivalent money in 2023 USD is:
$0.20 --> 7.41 $2.00 --> $74.14
I'm not so sure these menu items were truly affordable to the masses. From the calculator I used: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1899?amount=0.20
$0.20 in 1899 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $7.41 today, an increase of $7.21 over 124 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.96% per year between 1899 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 3,606.88%.
This means that today's prices are 37.07 times as high as average prices since 1899, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 2.699% of what it could buy back then.
Thank the jews for this perversion of our economic system.
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