A circa 1900 diary entry by journalist Sharlot Hall described the houses in the city at the time as a "third rate mining camp", with unkempt air and high prices of available goods. Source: Internet
Africans were used to solely produce raw materials, export them to Europe, and then re-export them to Africa as final products, sold at high prices and Africans could not afford to pay for these products. Source: Internet
A league table of top-selling toys showed that Lego (defined as building sets) dominated the top 10 items and that high prices seemed to be no barrier to purchase - the top three items were all above $200. Source: Internet
Although all-electronic color was introduced in the U.S. in 1953, citation high prices, and the scarcity of color programming, greatly slowed its acceptance in the marketplace. Source: Internet
As a result, these cartels did not succeed in maintaining high prices for a period of more than a few years. Source: Internet
Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Newark, New Jersey noted the high prices in Rome. Source: Internet