Inflation

Evidence of the ubiquitous nature of inflation are these advertisements from the early to mid- 1960s.  

Which, coincidentally, were my childhood years.

No doubt inflation is an insidious thief - particularly when it is thrust-upon an unprepared population.

Nevertheless, the historic record is undeniable.

It's been running in the background all along.

Factoid - When I was a kid i would take the city bus downtown to visit the public museum.  Aside from bus fare mom gave me money to eat at the Woolworth lunch counter.

Simpler times for an 8 year-old

If memory serves that bus fare was 15 cents.....