Is Fast Food Affordable Anymore? Here’s How Menu Prices Have Changed Over the Years [2024]

To be blunt, the rich can afford to buy food that is both rewarding and expensive, whereas the poor can afford only rewarding food that is cheaper.

How has spending on education changed over the last forty years? Well, it has gone up a lot. The test scores haven’t risen since the early 1970s, but, adjusted for inflation, we’re spending more than twice as much per pupil. In 1970-1971, the per-pupil expenditures were $5,593, and in 2006-2007, those same expenditures are measured at $12,463.