Re: REF: historical economic data?

["L. Phillips" <lphillip@CIAO.TRAIL.BC.CA>]

On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jacqueline A. C. Keith wrote:

> I'm turning to you all.  Is there a place I can find how much
> something cost at any time in the past compared to how much it
> costs now?  For example, if in Where the Red Fern Grows, the
>
there is a book called _How Much Is That in Real Money?: A Historical
Price Index for Use a a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the
United States_ by John J. McCusker.

Lynne Phillips, Teacher-Librarian, Cook Ave Elementary School
Rossland, British Columbia, Canada    lphillip@ciao.trail.bc.ca