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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Payal just sent me a link to a directory of food and services for the Indian community in CT.
December 3rd, 2003 at 8:31 am
So now you can watch all your Bollywood movies you love?
December 3rd, 2003 at 11:54 am
tom speaks pretty highly of
Cosmos
770 Farmington Ave,
West Hartford, CT 06119
860-232-6600
December 3rd, 2003 at 1:00 pm
Yeah, Heidi and I go there when we need indian groceries. It’s pretty good.
December 3rd, 2003 at 5:34 pm
ahem… We’ve been there once. Though by saying this, I’m sort of incriminating myself because I’m acknowledging the fact that we do not cook Indian food that often. And well… that’s because I make a mean paneer, but my saag leaves something to be desired — and I don’t mean water.
December 3rd, 2003 at 9:19 pm
OK, you’ve been there more than once… and I’ve been there more than that. So