A New Standard Budget - Costs Are Up, But You're Living Better

Gunther, Marilyn2021-04-302021-04-301968-02-01https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/104847<p>A look at a Bureau of Labor Statistics budget reveals some of the general changes in living costs. About 50 percent of the increased cost of living since 1951 is due to higher prices - the other half because we've raised our living standards.</p>A New Standard Budget - Costs Are Up, But You're Living Betterarticleisulib-bepress-aws-west291321860948farmscience/vol22/iss8/5Agriculture