On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:32:22 -0600, "Dean Hoffman"
wrote in


This is from the Carpe Diem site written by Mark J.
Perry. Manufacturing workers can now buy 11 appliances
with 152 hours of labor what used to cost them 886 hours
of labor back in 1959.

http://alturl.com/a7gqu or

http://www.aei.org/publication/monday-evening-links-6/

One other factor that needs to be considered is the life expectancy of
the appliance. I would guess that a modern appliance, e.g. a blender,
doesn't last nearly as long as a 1959 blender.
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