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		Beer bubble: how price of a pint has risen twenty-fold (telegraph.co.uk)
		2 points by sheetjs on March 8, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

pedalpete on March 8, 2014 [–]

This article completely ignores that fact that incomes have risen as well. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/mar/05/health.drugsandalc...

From $32/week to $145/week, which by my calculation is a 15 fold increase. (but I'm not great at calculating)

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