Does social security provide the elderly with an improvement

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Social Security benefits are increased each year in proportion to the increase in CPI, even though most economists believe that the CPI overstates actual inflation.

If the elderly consume the same market basket as other people, does Social Security provide the elderly with an improvement in their standard of living each year? Explain.

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