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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by nuerow on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:09AM (#29063811)
> This seems easily biased and inefficient when considering theoretical alternatives.

What possibly leads you to believe that aggregating the price of 80k items from different markets is something that can be easily biased?

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by omgitsabird on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:58AM (#29064067)
https://economics.mit.edu/files/5408
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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday November 01, 2021 @08:32AM (#29065872)
It would probably be more helpful if you could summarise your thoughts on the linked article here.
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