[Sca-cooks] The Cost of Books

[Laura C. Minnick]

A spiffy thing from ChaucerNet, should any of us b*tch and moan about the
cost of books:

>If the Clerk's books cost $3200 in 1933, they would have cost $41008 in
>1999, according to the CPI Inflation Calculator at
>
>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateCPI.html
>
>That's about 1250% inflation. (The CPI calculator works only through
>1999.)
>
>The GDP Deflator Calculator would probably be more realistic, but it
>does not compute for years before 1940. For 1940 to 2000 (est.), assuming
>no serious inflation during the depression, the result would be a nore
>modest $32837, less than 1000%. (The CPI Calculator yields a modest 7.7%
>inflation from 1933-1940,)

Wow. My library is my wealth, that's for sure!

'Lainie
-my Sweetie readily admits he loves me for my library. Sure ain't cause I'm
stacked! (ar ar!)
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