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Economics 101: Consumer Price Index - Newsweek
sujal 11/24/2008

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.

(via @newsweek, Newsweek’s Twitter feed)

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The Washington Monthly: HOW DID HILLARY WIN?
sujal 01/09/2008

This sounds like the most reasonable interpretation I’ve read so far. Nothing is more infuriating to me than when pundits try to pin grand, sweeping insights into the voting population. They do this without looking at the data, without reading the exit polling. All because it sounds better to have a grand theme (angry women came out to vote! it was warm and old people like Hillary!) than a more complicated picture.

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Talking Points Memo | Yep, It’s an Outrage
sujal 01/01/2008

I don’t support Ron Paul, but this is wrong. He should be a part of the debates if Thompson is and, quite frankly, even if Thompson isn’t. His poll numbers are good enough in a race where the leaders are polling in the 20s. And we all know how well he’s fundraising.

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