/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>57291357
>Must we really look at historical ledgers and see what baskets of apple's and boxes of nails cost in 1850? Does any of this information even exist anymore?

I'd have no problem wheeling and dealing and would expect the mysterious forces of the free market to quickly find a functional equilibrium. Regarding nails or agricultural products, if you want the autist's ideal reference set I highly recommend the "Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970", 2 volumes weighing nearly 9lbs. In picrel you can see several entries just about nails, this set is fuggin' awesome and has tons of price and production data for PMs and commodities and almost everything else you can think of. Probably $50+ on eBay but well worth it if you're into this sort of stuff.