What Can $1 Buy?

In this, the worst recession since the Great Depression, people's notions of what some arbitrary number of dollars can buy changes. When before it was $20,000 is that car, today it might be $20,000 is x amount of weeks groceries/rent/utilities.

Wanna know what $500 can buy you?

Look at this:

It was, supposedly, made for $500.


(found via Warren Ellis)