Quote:What cost $8.931 in 1962 would cost $72.01 in 2016.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2016 and 1962,
they would cost you $8.931 and $1.12 respectively.
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As I recall, in 1962, my dear old dad was making $90.00 a month working in a factory. Therefore, highly paid cosmonauts in Russia made a little less than the average American factory worker in those days.
Keep in mind, however, that the prices of products were probably tightly controlled by the state in the Soviet Union, so a Russian Cosmonaut salary may have stretched a little further than an American factory worker's wages, per egg and slice of bread.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’