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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This is from the “My Better” campaign. Good stuff. Track is available on iTunes. No luck on Amazon MP3.
Update: I have more on the song and this commercial in this follow on post.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Wow. A poet of his caliber sold out. the world is truly ending.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
the nike symbole is a whip in mid swing, and saul williams has sold his soul to nike.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
THANK you! It made me so sick when I saw this…. like I just lost the last few years of my life to music that once was so inspiring and now is officially bogus.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I want MY money back.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
For those complaining about Saul Williams selling out, he (or someone that looks like him on his web site) addresses the questions head on:
http://www.saulwilliams.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=002640;p=5
I’m not sure I like all of his answers, but he’s pretty direct about it.
Sujal
April 6th, 2008 at 1:30 am
“i don’t know how other might react / but to me it was an unsightly act” stop.
i’ve loved saul williams for so long and this just hurts. stop. i feel bamboozled. stop. and his response is just bullshit. stop. i don’t care what nas says, he’s just ripping off sole.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I was looking for the vid so I googled ’saul williams - list of demands nike’ and guess what…your post came up 3rd…heh small world man.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I love it that Nine Inch Nails music flys under tha radar on this song. Ignorant people.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Get over it. Its a great commercial. Maybe you should put it on your iPod and go outside for once. Get a workout in while your at it - with a fresh pair of Nikes on I might add.