Sure, mine was an example of a product I despise that Americans cherish (Hershey's) to point out the difficulty in getting a good measure of inflation. Whether

Sure, mine was an example of a product I despise that Americans cherish (Hershey's) to point out the difficulty in getting a good measure of inflation. Whether or not chocolate, in particular, is tracked more closely is not my point. My point is that quality, not just quantity, is very difficult to track. I could have said that lawnmowers' decks are getting thinner using the same steel, but that more removed for most people.