The Campbell's Soup Inflation Index

or how a humble soup can reveals our modern privilege

[This is an updated version of last year’s original piece]

In 1900, Campbell’s condensed soup was three years old. It sold for 12 cents a can. Campbell’s even printed the price in their ads (a tactic for a less competitive era). Many brands did this, even though print ads appeared in magazines and newspapers that would lie around your house for months. S…