Need links to economics data

[Doctor_J]

I need a couple of links to articles or books that offer an intelligible history of the CPI. Anyone know of such things? ProfessorGAC?

[Birthmark]

1. This is entertaining reading

http://www.gillespieresearch.com/cgi-bin/bgn

[jojog]

2. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm

[Doctor_J]

3. Yeah, I have been there, but

don't quite get the history that I want. I am looking for major mods to the way things were computed, additions to the commodity list, etc.

Thanks

[BL611]

4. Are you looking for

a history of the American methodology or just theories of CPI in general?

[Doctor_J]

5. HIstory of the US methodolgy

For example, something that might list when the "Gasoline - Unleaded regular" was added to the list of commodities.

[BL611]

6. Have you looked at the Boskin report yet?

It doesn't get into year by year specifics, but gives a pretty thorough criticism for a relatively brief paper...