Getting Prices Right

Getting Prices Right
Author: Dean Baker
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780765602213

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Presents both sides of the debate about the accuracy of methods used to determine the consumer price index (CPI) and its role in balancing the federal budget. Analyzes the Boskin Commission report, which states that the CPI was too high and needs to be adjusted downward to save billions of dollars in government entitlement payments and raise taxes, and raises serious doubts about the report's results. Includes many bandw charts and graphs. Paper edition $19.95, 0-7656- 0222-9. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Getting Prices Right
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Dean Baker
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

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Presents both sides of the debate about the accuracy of methods used to determine the consumer price index (CPI) and its role in balancing the federal budget. A
Getting Prices Right
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Dean Baker
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets
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Price Index Concepts and Measurement
Language: en
Pages: 531
Authors: W. Erwin Diewert
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications
Getting Prices Right
Language: en
Pages: 201
Authors: Dean Baker
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets