Getting prices right
Subtitle: the debate over the consumer price index
By: Dean Baker, editor.
Contributors: Baker, Dean, 1958-; Economic Policy Institute.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Consumer price indexes -- United States; Prices -- United States
Description: One of the hottest debates in economics today is being waged over the accuracy of the consumer price index. The outcome of this debate will have enormous implications for national economic policy and the future of economic research. Getting Prices Right presents the work at the center of this debate - the report of the congressionally appointed Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index, popularly known as the Boskin Commission - and critically evaluates its findings and implications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index.
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