Energy Prices, Price of Bread and Wages in Switzerland, 1950–1990

This graph from Christian Pfister's Das 1950er Syndrom shows trends for the prices of electricity, petrol and bread, as well as the wage trend between the 1950s and the 1990s in Switzerland. While petrol and electricity became moderately more expensive, wages and the price bread increased considerably; this left more purchasing power for consumer goods.

Energy prices, bread prices and wages in Switzerland 1950–1990, graph in: Christian Pfister (ed.): Das 1950er Syndrom: der Weg in die Konsumgesellschaft, 2nd edition, Bern et al. 1996, p. 85; image source: © With the kind permission of Haupt Verlag, Bern.