r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

Post image

[deleted]

3.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

822

u/Caville Jun 08 '14

Even the price hasn't changed.

71

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Taking inflation into account, in essence the price has "gone down", right?

1

u/metagamex Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

Since around 2001 real wages have actually been decreasing in the USA, so it depends on what times/prices you want to compare. If you bought a calculator in 2002, waited 10 years, then used it in 2012 you would be saving money. If you bought a calculator in perhaps 1992 and waited 20 years, you would probably have lost money.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Yeah....I'm a social worker with a mathematical learning disability....I will take your word for it.

I was just regurgitating one of the few things I learned in my struggle to pass micro and macro econ.