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Weeks of work for a quarter of wheat
Playfair's purchasing-power argument as a single series: wheat price divided by a mechanic's weekly wage. A quarter is about eight bushels of grain — lower is cheaper grain in labor terms.
Source
Svelte, builder, JSON
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import {
GeomLine,
GeomPoint,
GGPlot,
Inspect,
Labs,
ScaleXContinuous,
ThemeEconomist,
} from "@ggsvelte/svelte";
import { laborCostOfWheat } from "./data.js";
</script>
<GGPlot
data={laborCostOfWheat}
aes={{ x: "year", y: "weeks" }}
width={640}
height={400}
>
<GeomLine linewidth={2} aes={{ color: { value: "#014d64" } }} />
<GeomPoint size={1.6} aes={{ color: { value: "#014d64" } }} />
<ScaleXContinuous
breaks={[1600, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1800]}
labels="d"
nice={false}
/>
<ThemeEconomist />
<Labs
title="Weeks of work for a quarter of wheat"
subtitle="Wheat price ÷ weekly wage of a good mechanic; a quarter is ~8 bushels of grain"
x="Year"
y="Weeks of work"
/>
<Inspect mode="x" pin />
</GGPlot>
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