Charts can lie. Whether or not you can buy bacon* or gas is real.
*substitute with whatever staple you wish. I used bacon here since it's historically a working class' person's meat.
*substitute with whatever staple you wish. I used bacon here since it's historically a working class' person's meat.
NOW it's supply and demand, though.
Government price data for bacon goes back to 1980.
PS - there are other price series about bacon, including regional prices:
That website is arcane but the data is fantastic.