People sometimes point out how cheap things like TVs or computers are now, but they're such different scales of cost. In the 90s, a decent computer might run yo

People sometimes point out how cheap things like TVs or computers are now, but they're such different scales of cost. In the 90s, a decent computer might run you a few thousand $. A house now costs hundreds of thousands more than it did back then. The savings in commodities isn't making up for rising costs in housing, education, energy, etc.