I think this sort of discussion also happens with the CPI. There are a whole bunch of CPI indexes, with energy, without energy, etc. And then people make a big

I think this sort of discussion also happens with the CPI. There are a whole bunch of CPI indexes, with energy, without energy, etc. And then people make a big deal about the shortcomings of one of them that they chose to focus on. If you say, well, the CPI that includes everything, includes everything, then the response can easily be what you are saying about U-3. I tend not to blame authorities for ignorance, because it seems to me ignorance is not passive; it evolves to extreme levels of resistance.