Capitalism hasn't worked is the story we hear across the Democratic Party, their newly crowned socialist wing, and even some Republicans who have begun to turn on the foundational pillar of free market capitalism. And yet the data has never supported that argument. A chart using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracked prices from the year 2000 to 2025 across wages, housing, healthcare, college tuition, and everyday goods like televisions, phones, software, and toys.