It takes now 53 weeks salary to earn same as 30 weeks in 1985
> 5/ Fair enough. But, if you're a family that needs to buy a minivan, while it's nice that the 2018 Grand Caravan ($26,300 in 2018) has many features the 1996 Grand Caravan ($17,900 in 1996) did not, you still face the problem that you need an extra $8,500 to buy one.<p>$17,900.00 in 1996 is $28,647.64 in 2018. Doesn't take a genius to double-check this work. It's factually untrue that the Grand Caravan went up in price when adjusted for inflation. The rest would take a while to verify (graphs have no source citations).