time price

^{Gale Pooley
July 25, 2026
Abundance, Principles

3}

Abundance Capitalism vs. Scarcity Socialism

_{Gale Pooley
July 25, 2026
Abundance, Principles

3}

Many young people today feel that capitalism has made things less affordable. But is this really true? Read More ›

American flag in sharp foreground with blurred backyard party gathering in background, 4th of July summer cookout celebration with string lights and golden hour bokeh.

^{Gale Pooley
July 2, 2026
Abundance

3}

Time Pricing the 4th of July Cookout

_{Gale Pooley
July 2, 2026
Abundance

3}

Since 2016, the dollar cost of this basket has risen 30.3 percent, from $56.67 to $73.82. At first glance, that suggests celebrating the Fourth of July has become significantly more expensive. But money prices tell only half of the story. The real question is not how many dollars the meal costs, but how much time people must work to earn those dollars. Read More ›

Close up woman hand using calculator and writing make note with

^{Gale Pooley
May 8, 2026
Abundance

3}

Become a Superabundance Accelerator: Your First Challenge

_{Gale Pooley
May 8, 2026
Abundance

3}

Today I'm challenging you to become a Superabundance Accelerator. An accelerator doesn't just consume abundance—they see it, measure it, celebrate it, and spread the good news. They turn data into hope. They fight the Thanos economics of fear and scarcity with facts. Your first step is simple. Our Time-Price Calculator makes this easy. Read More ›

Light brown kitchen cabinetry and brick tile back splash trim

^{Gale Pooley
November 26, 2025
Abundance

2}

Housing Amenity Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
November 26, 2025
Abundance

2}

1956 was a remarkable year. Some have suggested it was the golden year for housing, but the facts tell a much different story. Jeremy Horpendahl did an analysis on housing amenities and found the following... Read More ›

Large modern warehouse with forklifts and stack of car tires

^{Gale Pooley
June 16, 2025
Abundance

3}

Tire Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
June 16, 2025
Abundance

3}

Walmart sells the Goodyear Reliant 195/60R15 88V All-Season Tire for $77. Unskilled workers today are earning around $17.17 an hour, indicating a time price of 4.46 hours. For the time it took to earn the money to buy a single tire in 1920, you get 20 of them today. Read More ›

Alarm clock and dollars, close up. Time is money. Gray alarm clock on money banknotes Dollars, concept of business planning and finance. Finance concept with alarm clock and money in jar

^{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance

6}

We Should Measure Prices in Time

_{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance

6}

How can the laws of enterprise and business consulting diverge so significantly from the accepted wisdom of economic analysis and political rhetoric? More baffling, how is it that products are becoming simultaneously more expensive and more affordable? This paradox is possible because while we buy things with money, we actually pay for them with our time—not in dollars and cents but in hours and minutes of work. Read More ›

Young woman cycling in the park at sunset

^{Gale Pooley
July 24, 2024
Growth

4}

Things Used to Cost Less but They Were Much More Expensive

_{Gale Pooley
July 24, 2024
Growth

4}

We buy things with money, but we pay for them with our time. This means there is a money price, which is expressed in dollars and cents, and a time price, which is expressed in hours and minutes. A time price is simply the money price divided by hourly wages. Take, for example, the bicycle. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
July 17, 2024
Free Enterprise

1}

Entrepreneurs Create Abundance. Bureaucrats Create Scarcity.

_{Gale Pooley
July 17, 2024
Free Enterprise

1}

Mark Perry does a great chart that illustrates the relative changes in the nominal prices of a variety of products and services. What is the difference between growing abundance and growing scarcity? In a word, government. Read More ›

Round salted cracker cookies in wooden bowl putting on linen and wooden background.

^{Gale Pooley
July 9, 2024
Growth

2}

Ritz Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
July 9, 2024
Growth

2}

Joseph (Jake) Klein recently wrote a great article about Ritz Crackers. He notes that they were introduced in 1934 at a price of 19 cents for a one pound box. There are around 8.75 crackers per ounce so a 16-ounce box would yield around 140 of the tasty wafers. Ritz outsold every other cracker their first year on the market. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles

2}

Money Is Time and Time Flies

_{Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles

2}

On April 21, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States authorized a design for an official copper penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its image of the Sun and its light shining down on a sundial with the caption, Fugio. Fugio is Latin for “I flee/fly”, referring to time flying by. Read More ›