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Getting Prices Right - Debate Over the Consumer Price Index (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,475
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Getting Prices Right - Debate Over the Consumer Price Index (Hardcover): Dean Baker

Getting Prices Right - Debate Over the Consumer Price Index (Hardcover)

Dean Baker

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Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets. Today, the accuracy of the CPI is being hotly debated, particularly in light of the Boskin Commission report that concluded in December 1996 that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1%. If accepted and applied in the formulation of economic policy, the report would have major implications for balancing the federal budget. It would have a direct impact on the lives of Americans who are beneficiaries of government programs as well as on everyone who pays taxes. In this book, Dean Baker introduces and explains the significance of the debate, presents the full text of the Boskin Commission report and finally discusses in a far-reaching and insightful analysis both the Commission's research methodology and its conclusions.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 1997
First published: 1998
Authors: Dean Baker
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-0-7656-0221-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General
Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General
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LSN: 0-7656-0221-0
Barcode: 9780765602213

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