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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A cat owned by a family in Wisconsin took a trip to France by herself. That’s just nuts… and I’m not sure what we would do if our cats ended up in another country. Luckily, they’re not outdoor cats so it’s even more unlikely than it otherwise would be.
October 29th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
This wouldn’t happen to be the “Pied Piper” of cats would it? I mean, its not like an entire nation of cats left with it, is it? Just curiuos…
October 29th, 2005 at 7:04 pm
I was just thinking - Josh needs to read this story, it has two things he truly loathes: cats and France. And here you are!
October 30th, 2005 at 8:15 am
“Now leaving from Detroit international airport, Air France flight 666 from gate 9. Would passenger Grainne Dolcourt, please pick up a white courtesy phone for a message. Thank you.”
October 30th, 2005 at 8:15 am
D’oh, the above comment was from me.