> People measure this stuff. What you say is wrong. Can you send me a link that shows measurements of: a) X: The price of a specific standardized basket of go

> People measure this stuff. What you say is wrong. Can you send me a link that shows measurements of: a) X: The price of a specific standardized basket of goods used for CPI, broken down by exactly how much it cost in 2019 v/s 2023 (linking to a magic number for the whole basket is not acceptable, this needs to demonstrate exact prices of specific items, like the price of 160z of cheese. Varying baskets are also not acceptable, because then you're not measuring the same thing). b) Y: The exact median income of a household in 2019 v/s 2023 I'll accept that prices have gone down and things have gotten better if X/Y as of 2019 is less than X/Y as of 2023. > You can't just throw out decades of research and process development on CPI indicators because of your Netflix bill! It's the other way round -- you can't just handwave some “decades of research and development” at people and claim that they should magically feel better off than four years prior. A lot of times this R&D is motivated by pressures that are unrelated to measuring the economic wellbeing of families, and any research is going to have its flaws that don't exactly match up to how the median family is feeling economic pressures. People who claim that the research is correct need to share specifics.