To continue, a personal computer is almost free when you compare inflation adjusted prices with computing power. To summarize, inflation is a monetary phenomenon (Milton Friedman), dollar prices fluctuate for many reasons, and there is a major cause of today's rising prices that is not monetary, but this article and most economic analysis ignores what it is.

Thanks for asking, and you're right, I could have been and should be more specific. My comment is based on title of the article and the first piece of evidence offered in its defense. To give the author credit, I agree that a Burger King Whopper in 1986 is largely identical today, so this may be a good reference, but the dollar price is not. A much better gauge would be the dollar price of gold - about $375 per ounce, and when this article was published gold was about $1,875. In other words, both have quadrupled in dollar price terms. This only proves that the Whopper ain't tellin' no Whoppers, but as to the headline, not so much. My point is that only a simpleton would use inflated dollars to draw these comparisons (the cost of a home example is equally absurd) to complain about inflation. That's like saying a turd sandwich doesn't taste good. To boot, today's color TV ain't your dad's color TV. A bag of pot ain't your dad's bag of pot. A Honda CRV ain't your dad's CRV. In fact, despite the government's assault on the middle class (which is real, they hate mass prosperity they didn't create), we continue to enjoy more, better, and cheaper - thanks to what's left of capitalism. And it's a lot. Equally absurd is to say, "the poor are being pushed out into the streets." By whom? Where? Typically, he cites no evidence or causality. The real problem is that LBJs Great Society created public housing known as urban plantations to help create fatherless families and generational dependency. This author would be better served to stop pretending to be an expert and understand the concepts of his complaints.

This is article pure ignorance. Keep up the good work!