December 23, 2019December 8, 2019Other eras Adjustment of prices from 1946 to 2019 Is there some way to adjust the prices described in my grandfather’s 1946 probate document into today’s dollars? Developing some way […]
December 20, 2019December 2, 2019Other eras Consumer price index from 1940 through 2019 For an indicator of the changes in prices from the World War 2 era through today I pulled CPI information from the […]
December 18, 2019December 18, 2019Other eras Military pay rates during World War Two compared to 2019 What were the pay rates during World War Two in contrast to pay rates in the U.S. military today? What is the […]
December 16, 2019December 16, 2019comparison data, Other eras, U.S. Civil War Pay rate for privates in each of America’s wars Pay for American soldiers during each major war is provided by We Are the Mighty. Their article, This is how much troops […]
December 12, 2019December 2, 2019Viking Era Another guess on amount of silver looted from France and England by the Vikings Been listening again to The Vikings by Professor Kenneth Harl. Audio lectures are from The Great Courses, The author makes a wild […]
December 9, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 4 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
December 7, 2019Roman Empire Organization of Roman legion in the Maniple and Cohort structures Best description of the maniple and cohort structure for a Roman legion that I’ve read can be found in Roman Soldier Operations […]
December 5, 2019January 3, 2020U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 3 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
December 2, 2019November 30, 2019Other eras Economic life on a farm in 1945: family size This is the seventh in a series of posts exploring the economic life of a 1940s era farm in South Dakota. My […]
November 27, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 2 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]