Landsburg's column "I've Got to Admit It's Getting Better" is excellent. It explains a really novel idea for calculating the rate of quality improvement. http://slate.msn.com/economics/00-02-09/economics.asp -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A man should be sincere, and nobly shrink From saying anything he does not think." -- Moliere, _The Misanthrope_