Re: [Pen-l] Query

To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Query
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:49:47 -0400


On May 2, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

Carrol Cox wrote:
My mothet's monthly salary as a rural elementary teacher was $50 (for nine months). Even by 1942 it had only gone up to $90.
If the CPI is accurate, Carrol's mother would currently be earning
$768 for 9 months, or $85.33 each month.


Uh, but real wages have gone up a lot over the interval.
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