Yes, if nobody says anything about it, then people will go on thinking it is the Gospel Truth. I think the best thing to do is to use Rothbard’s little description of comparing sugar to hats or butter or guns, for that matter.

Rothbardian_fanatic

econ

Should Inflation Be Defined Only as Price Increases?

Undisciplined

I'm not as hard line about things like the CPI, at least in principle. 

It's very useful to have measures like that. It's just important to keep in mind it's limitations and that you have to look at other measures too. The problem is people treating CPI like it's the Gospel Truth.