When Edwin “Ed” Butowsky launched the Chapwood Index in 2014, he set out to shatter a comforting illusion: that official inflation metrics genuinely reflect the pain at the pump, the bite of the grocery bill, or the sticker shock at your favourite café. Instead, the Chapwood Index lays bare the unglamorous truth—a city-by-city tally of what Americans actually pay, unadjusted,… Continue reading