The idea of giving our consumer back enough income to purchase her original consumption bundle is appealingly simple.

   For example, if she normally went to 4 movies a month and the price of an evening at the movies went from $20 to $25 (two tickets, popcorn and soda), we would need to compensate her by giving her $20 ($5 x 4 movies).

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