A century and a half of America's consumer economy in one easy-to-use volume, The Value of a Dollar records the prices of thousands of items purchased from the Civil War to the present, along with facts about investment options and income opportunities.

Table of Contents

• The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2019
• 1860-1899: The Age of Endeavor
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1860-1899
• SELECTED INCOME 1860-1899
• INVESTMENTS 1870-1899
• STANDARD JOBS 1860-1864
• STANDARD JOBS 1865-1869
• STANDARD JOBS 1870-1874
• STANDARD JOBS 1875-1879
• STANDARD JOBS 1880-1884
• STANDARD JOBS 1885-1889
• STANDARD JOBS 1890-1894
• STANDARD JOBS 1895-1899
• SELECTED PRICES 1860-1899
• MISCELLANY 1860-1899
• 1900-1919: The Progressive Era and World War I
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1900-1904
• SELECTED INCOME 1900-1904
• INVESTMENTS 1900-1904
• STANDARD JOBS 1900-1904
• FOOD BASKET 1900-1904
• SELECTED PRICES 1900-1904
• MISCELLANY 1900-1904
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1905-1909
• SELECTED INCOME 1905-1909
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1909
• INVESTMENTS 1905-1909
• STANDARD JOBS 1905-1909
• FOOD BASKET 1905-1909
• SELECTED PRICES 1905-1909
• MISCELLANY 1905-1909
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1910-1914
• SELECTED INCOME 1910-1914
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1914
• INVESTMENTS 1910-1914
• STANDARD JOBS 1910-1914
• FOOD BASKET 1910-1914
• SELECTED PRICES 1910-1914
• MISCELLANY 1910-1914
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1915-1919
• SELECTED INCOME 1915-1919
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1919
• INVESTMENTS 1915-1919
• STANDARD JOBS 1915-1919
• FOOD BASKET 1915-1919
• SELECTED PRICES 1915-1919
• MISCELLANY 1915-1919
• 1920-1939: Return to “Normalcy,” the Great Depression, and Recovery
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1920-1924
• SELECTED INCOME 1920-1924
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1921, 1923
• INVESTMENTS 1920-1924
• STANDARD JOBS 1920-1924
• FOOD BASKET 1920-1924
• SELECTED PRICES 1920-1924
• MISCELLANY 1920-1924
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1925–1929
• SELECTED INCOME 1925-1929
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1925, 1927, 1929
• INVESTMENTS 1925-1929
• STANDARD JOBS 1925-1929
• FOOD BASKET 1925-1929
• SELECTED PRICES 1925-1929
• MISCELLANY 1925-1929
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1930–1934
• SELECTED INCOME 1930-1934
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1930-1934
• INVESTMENTS 1930-1934
• STANDARD JOBS 1930-1934
• FOOD BASKET 1930-1934
• SELECTED PRICES 1930-1934
• MISCELLANY 1930-1934
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1935–1939
• SELECTED INCOME 1935-1939
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1935-1939
• INVESTMENTS 1935-1939
• STANDARD JOBS 1935-1939
• FOOD BASKET 1935-1939
• SELECTED PRICES 1935-1939
• MISCELLANY 1935-1939
• 1940–1959: World War II, Recovery, and the Cold War
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1940–1944
• SELECTED INCOME 1940-1944
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1940-1944
• INVESTMENTS 1940-1944
• STANDARD JOBS 1940-1944
• FOOD BASKET 1940-1944
• SELECTED PRICES 1940-1944
• MISCELLANY 1940-1944
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1945–1949
• SELECTED INCOME 1945-1949
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1945-1949
• INVESTMENTS 1945-1949
• STANDARD JOBS 1945-1949
• FOOD BASKET 1945-1949
• SELECTED PRICES 1945-1949
• MISCELLANY 1945-1949
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1950–1954
• SELECTED INCOME 1950-1954
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1950-1954
• INVESTMENTS 1950-1954
• STANDARD JOBS 1950-1954
• FOOD BASKET 1950-1954
• SELECTED PRICES 1950-1954
• MISCELLANY 1950-1954
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1955–1959
• SELECTED INCOME 1955-1959
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1955-1959
• INVESTMENTS 1955-1959
• STANDARD JOBS 1955-1959
• FOOD BASKET 1955-1959
• SELECTED PRICES 1955-1959
• MISCELLANY 1955-1959
• 1960–1979: The Vietnam War and the Global Economy
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1960–1964
• SELECTED INCOME 1960-1964
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1960-1964
• INVESTMENTS 1960-1964
• STANDARD JOBS 1960-1964
• FOOD BASKET 1960-1964
• SELECTED PRICES 1960-1964
• MISCELLANY 1960-1964
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1965–1969
• SELECTED INCOME 1965-1969
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1965-1969
• INVESTMENTS 1965-1969
• STANDARD JOBS 1965-1969
• FOOD BASKET 1965-1969
• SELECTED PRICES 1965-1969
• MISCELLANY 1965-1969
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1970–1974
• SELECTED INCOME 1970-1974
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1970-1974
• INVESTMENTS 1970-1974
• STANDARD JOBS 1970-1974
• FOOD BASKET 1970-1974
• SELECTED PRICES 1970-1974
• MISCELLANY 1970-1974
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1975–1979
• SELECTED INCOME 1975-1979
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1975-1979
• INVESTMENTS 1975-1979
• STANDARD JOBS 1975-1979
• FOOD BASKET 1975-1979
• SELECTED PRICES 1975-1979
• MISCELLANY 1975-1979
• 1980–1999: From Recession to the Era of Possibilities
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1980–1984
• SELECTED INCOME 1980-1984
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1980-1984
• INVESTMENTS 1980-1984
• STANDARD JOBS 1980-1984
• FOOD BASKET 1980-1984
• SELECTED PRICES 1980-1984
• MISCELLANY 1980-1984
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1985–1989
• SELECTED INCOME 1985-1989
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1985-1989
• INVESTMENTS 1985-1989
• STANDARD JOBS 1985-1989
• FOOD BASKET 1985-1989
• SELECTED PRICES 1985-1989
• MISCELLANY 1985-1989
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1990–1994
• SELECTED INCOME 1990-1994
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1990-1994
• INVESTMENTS 1990-1994
• STANDARD JOBS 1990-1994
• FOOD BASKET 1990-1994
• SELECTED PRICES 1990-1994
• MISCELLANY 1990-1994
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 1995–1999
• SELECTED INCOME 1995-1999
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 1995-1999
• INVESTMENTS 1995-1999
• FOOD BASKET 1995-1999
• SELECTED PRICES 1995-1999
• MISCELLANY 1995-1999
• 2000–2009: 9/11, the War on Terror, and the Aftermath
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 2000–2004
• SELECTED INCOME 2000-2004
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 2000-2004
• INVESTMENTS 2000-2004
• STANDARD JOBS 2000-2004
• FOOD BASKET 2000-2004
• SELECTED PRICES 2000-2004
• MISCELLANY 2000-2004
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 2005–2009
• SELECTED INCOME 2005-2009
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 2005-2009
• INVESTMENTS 2005-2009
• STANDARD JOBS 2005-2009
• FOOD BASKET 2005-2007
• SELECTED PRICES 2005-2009
• MISCELLANY 2005-2009
• 2010–2014: New Beginnings
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 2010–2014
• SELECTED INCOME 2010-2014
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 2010-2014
• INVESTMENTS 2010-2014
• STANDARD JOBS 2010-2014
• FOOD BASKET 2010-2014
• SELECTED PRICES 2010-2014
• MISCELLANY 2010-2014
• 2015–2019: A Fractured Country
• HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT 2015-2018
• SELECTED INCOME 2015-2019
• CONSUMER EXPENDITURES 2015-2017*
• INVESTMENTS 2015-2018
• STANDARD JOBS 2015-2018
• FOOD BASKET 2015-2017*
• SELECTED PRICES 2015-2019
• MISCELLANY 2015-2019
• Pricing Trends 1910–2019
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