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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And he did it for the best reasons of all
“I fell in love with a girl and I just said, ‘You know what, I have to lose the weight because I want to be able to get down on the floor, play with my kids and not roll over and suffocate them,’ you know?” he explains. “And be a good lover and the perfect father…”
May 21st, 2004 at 9:31 am
That scene with him sharing syrup with his pig was hilarious. Can’t pull that off at 160 pounds.
The forces of health are now only losing 3-1. Belushi, Candy, Farley vs. this guy.