Re: a proposed leading indicator

[valis]

Doug asks:
> Speaking of indicators, The Nation has asked me to put together a set of
> economic/social indicators, to be published quarterly, that would be
> revealing, interesting, and against the grain of conventional thinking.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Harper's notorious Index has items based on all sorts of wickedly clever
criteria, most of which would fit that function.  Dig in.

                                                                   valis