Getting Prices Right: The Debate Over the Consumer Price Index

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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.

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  Getting Prices Right: The Scope and Limits of Agricultural Price...

  • 1986
  • 160 pages
  • Paperback
  • Cornell University Press

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