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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I was wondering what Diet Pepsi Max was (I bought some today because they were out of regular Diet Pepsi). Now I know, and I’m afraid I’m going to be up all night…
Have any of you tried the new Coke, Coke Zero? I just bought some today from the cafeteria. It’s, um, interesting. It tastes more like regular Coke, but in a weird way. Not sure if I like it quite yet. The bottle is quite striking though, with the all black appearance. I wonder if the soda is actually darker than normal Coke or if it’s simply a function of the rest of the labeling being black.
