[harryh]

No, I don't believe that conventional measures of inflation are a conspiracy by the rich and powerful to keep the working man down.

I do understand that there are others with this point of view including, apparently, you.

I have tended to notice that people who believe these things don't tend to defend them on technical merits but tend to retreat into accusations against the rich and powerful instead, because of course that group of people must be pulling a fast one on everyone else. I do not find these sorts of arguments persuasive.