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They share the information and document it. Please don't succumb to some conspiratory thinking. They can't take everything into account and hedonic adjustments
by nabla9 5y ago
They share the information and document it. Please don't succumb to some conspiratory thinking.
They can't take everything into account and hedonic adjustments is used for only small percentage of products. That's one reason why it overestimates inflation.
- klipklop 5y agoI don't think the folks that make the CPI are part of some vast conspiracy. I just question their methods. Like all numbers from the government, politics are involved. You can believe they are (slightly) wrong and not be a "conspiracy theorist/thinker" at the same time.
- nabla9 5y ago>Like all numbers from the government, politics are involved. Not really. Details of how CPI is calculated has never been political issue.