The skittish inflation number that flies across headlines might feel arbitrary; in fact, it’s anything but. To arrive at that number, it takes millions of calculations into granular details such as the chemical composition of turkey meat and the flavor notes of olive oil. In this episode, John Lanchester chats with Michael Lewis about what the government counts and how tracking these things tells us a lot about what a country values.
Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/whats-a-government-for-let-me-count-the-ways/
Author : Hadley Robinson
Publish date : 2024-09-28 11:00:00
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