Newsweek’s Daniel Gross explains the Consumer Price Index (here’s the official BLS site) in a very simple video. I could do without the goofy sound effects, but it’s a good, 2 minute explanation of how the government tracks inflation.
Per David Simon’s Berkeley talk, though, the video doesn’t go into why this matters. Perhaps they’ll cover that in the next installment of the Economics 101 series.
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Sorry ladies. He just got married to Mia Hamm. Now, will he get traded to LA or one of the other southwest teams?
November 24th, 2003 at 4:06 pm
Sorry ladies??!!?? Have you seen Mia Hamm?
November 25th, 2003 at 10:40 am
I think she’s extremely hot. Well, as hot as any heterosexual woman can think another woman is!
and I didn’t even know they were seeing each other, let alone getting married. Sheesh. Just shows to go ya that life is perfectly happy without knowing anything about baseball players. tee hee. 
And a lesbian friend just supported me, saying “I think she’s sporty hot” and saying, further “They’re both gay, it’s fine” (quoted with permission
Anyway, my comment is mainly because I think Nomar has a really huge nose
November 25th, 2003 at 11:52 am
That’s why Nomar didn’t shave his head with the rest of the team during the playoffs… he wanted to look normal for his wedding.
November 25th, 2003 at 6:21 pm
Those of you who would like to hear my crude joke about Nomar during the playoffs can ask me offline. Offline, I said!