Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. List of Diagrams. List of Abbreviations and Conventions x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One: Statistical Measures and their Problems 9
8. Part Two: Explaining the Inflation 95
9. Part Three: The Effects of the Inflation 195
10. Summary and Conclusions 331
11. Bibliography 335
12. Index of Subjects 359
13. Index of Persons 368
14. Backmatter 371