Since I Was Born

Since I was born:

• The US Consumer Price Index has increased by a factor of 10.3 (=inflation)
• US population has increased by a factor of 1.87
• Households by a factor of 2.55
• Civilian employment has increased by 2.46 (women in the workplace.)
• Manufacturing employment is down 18%.
• US federal government spending by a factor of 62 
• US GDP by a factor of 49.6
• Real GDP by a factor of 6.2
• Hence real US GDP per capita has increased by a factor of 3.3 
• Average hourly earnings by a factor of about 12
• World Population by 2.64 times
• World per capita real GDP by 3.2 times.
• China's population by a factor of 2.12
• China's nominal GDP by a factor of 303 (not inflation-adjusted).