Dr. Joel Popkin
The Friends of BLS joins many others in remembering Joel Popkin. Joel served as Assistant Commissioner for Prices and Living Conditions at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, where he was charged with the compilation and publication of the Consumer (CPI) and Producer (PPI) Price Indexes. He also held a position with the President's Council of Economic Advisers and served as director of the Washington Office of the National Bureau of Economic Research.