Dean Baker

Getting Prices Right

Debate Over the Consumer Price Index

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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An introduction to the significance of the debate surrounding the accuracy of the Consumer Price Index. The work presents the full text of the Boskin Commission report (stating that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1per cent) and discusses the Commission's research methodology and its conclusions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780765602213
• ISBN-10: 0765602210
• Artikelnr.: 21605820

Autorenporträt

Dean Baker

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Dean BakerPart 1 Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living
Michael J. BoskinChairman
Ellen R. Dulberger
Robert J. Gordon
Zvi Griliches
Dale JorgensenPart 2 Does the CPI Overstate Inflation?
Dean BakerPart 3 Additional Views on the Accuracy of the Consumer Price Index
Katharine G. Abraham
Barry P. Bosworth
Martin Feldstein;