Download or read book Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living written by Michael J. Boskin and published by . This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee from the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index. Includes: introduction on the cost of living; indexing the federal budget; how the CPI (consumer price index) is constructed; the consumer price index and a cost of living index; quality change and new products; estimates of biases by type and in total; other issues; the Commission's recommendations; conclusion, and references. Charts and tables. List of Commission members.