The price of a car went from 2 years wages to 3 months wages due to the assembly line, although this was over a ten year period. (valueinvestingworld.com)
It represents an injustice, rather than justice that an injured father who lost 12 months of wages because of his injury will only get 9 months wages back, or that an injured person will only get part of her medical bills paid for because she had to pay for part of her own legal bill out of her compensation. (deferolaw.com)
The average pay back then was about one denarius a day, so fifty denarii is almost two months wages, whereas five hundred is almost two years worth. (redeeminggod.com)