Does Harvard’s inflation proposal deserve a passing grade?

The April 12 editorial “ Harvard’s grade inflation experiment ” did not address a key issue regarding grading science, ...
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Home prices keep rising but inflation math reveals they're actually falling

Home prices keep climbing, but there's a hidden silver lining in the inflation-adjusted numbers that buyers need to know ...
The Harvard Crimson

UT Researcher Warns Grade Inflation Hurts Students’ Long-Term Academic and Career Outcomes

University of Texas associate professor Jeffrey T. Denning argued that grade inflation in K-12 schools and colleges may boost short-term outcomes but undermine students’ long-term academic and career ...
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From roti to OTT: New inflation math tells story of new India

The January Consumer Price Index (CPI) print marked more than just a new inflation number. At 2.75%, inflation returned to the Reserve Bank of India’s target band, and under a revised data series with ...
Miami Herald

Your Social Security Break-Even Math Is Probably Built on the Wrong Inflation Assumption

Most Social Security claiming calculators use a single inflation number that doesn’t reflect what retirees actually spend on — and the gap can shift the optimal claiming age by years. If you’ve ...
The New York Times

Harvard Proposes Capping A’s to Curb Grade Inflation

A recent report found that a majority of grades given out at Harvard were A’s. Professors will vote on a proposal to limit the number to around 20 percent. By Mark Arsenault Harvard undergraduates ...
The Conversation

What exactly is inflation, and are interest rates the only option for dealing with it?

Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer ...