[smallmancontrov]

Since the days of Samuel Vimes, durable goods have undergone spectacular deflation and health care, housing, and education have undergone spectacular inflation.

One month of median US rent buys three 55" TVs.

The math has changed.

[s0rce]

Durable goods also seem much less durable. I go through way more fridges, dishwashers, etc then previously.

[blackqueeriroh]

Really? How many fridges have you gone through in 10 years? This might be the way you treat things, because for me and mine all of these are still a single digit: 1.