Abstract
Introduction Note on terminology and technical theory Part I. Statistics and Labor Reform,1880-1930: 1. Before there were indexes: the 'labor question' and labor statistics, 1884-1910 2. The cost-of-living statistics and industrial relations in the 1920s Part II. Rationalizing the Democratic Political Order, 1930-1960: 4. The nature of a revolution: the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the bottom-up: union research on the cost of living 7. Bounded conflict: collective bargaining and the consumer price index in the Cold War Part III. The Consumer Price Index and the Federal Government, 1960-2000: 8. Accounting for growth: macroeconomics analysis and the transformation of price index theory 9. From workers to the welfare state: the consumer price index and the rise of indexation Epilogue: governance and economic statistics Technical index: a brief primer on cost-of-living indexes.
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