NickGiambruno on Nostr: Trying to quantify a general increase in prices as a single number for over 334 ...
Trying to quantify a general increase in prices as a single number for over 334 million people—as the CPI claims to do—is an impossible task.
It’s even more ridiculous than using a national average weather temperature to indicate what clothes you should wear for the day.
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2024-09-08 12:58:51Event JSON
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