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Calories

Protein

Calcium

Iron

Vitamin A (in 1000 Interntional Units) per dollar

Vitamin.A

Thiamine

Riboflavin

Niacin

Ascorbic.Acid


A dataset of 10 rows and 14 columns describing 1944 prices and nutritional data for 14 food commodities.  Obtained from George Stigler's 1945 paper on "The Cost of Subsistence".


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George J. Stigler, "The Cost of Subsistence", Journal of Farm Economics, Vol. 27, No. 2 (May, 1945), pp. 303-314.
<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/1231810">http://www.jstor.org/stable/1231810</a>

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The Diet Problem: "Nutritive Values of Common Foods per Dollar of Expenditure, August 15, 1944", from George Stigler's 1945 paper on "The Cost of Subsistence"

stigler: The Diet Problem: "Nutritive Values of Common Foods per Dollar of Expenditure, August 15, 1944", from George Stigler's 1945 paper on "The Cost of Subsistence"

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