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thundara · 3856 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why America's Essentials Are Getting More Expensive While Its Toys Are Getting Cheap - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
From bottom up: - Made in china, more compact designs since 2005 - Made in china, more compact designs since 2005 - Made in china, more compact designs since 2005 - Made in china - Sunk costs in infrastructure - Made in east asian country / south american country of choice - < 5% change - < 5% change - < 5% change - Service - Service - Service - Service The interesting ones are mainly price of health care, college tuition, and child care. The first two are tied to the problem of the tag price increasing to help subsidize those who cannot afford it (An over-simplification, but still an element of it). The last I know nothing about. Note that the top two items were once not seen as essentials.