This is a good point (below). Airline quality may well have deteriorated. Certainly the food has. What has happened to accidents however? And how about timeliness? There may be a real opportunity for a contribution here, in terms of documenting goods and services whose quality has declined lately in a way that may not be captured by the CPI. Dave Richardson ---------- From: pen-l Subject: [PEN-L:3951] RE: CPI Date: Thursday, April 25, 1996 9:27AM Doug mentions airline prices, which makes me think of airline quality. We hear about all sorts of corrections for quality increases, but none about quality declines. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
