Measuring basketball greatness.

In this week's New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell writes about The Wages of Wins, a new book by economists David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt, and Stacey L. Brook -- edited by a good friend of mine -- "who have created an algorithm that, they argue, comes closer than any previous statistical measure to capturing the true value of a basketball player." Read Gladwell's review, and then rush out to buy it today. (N.B. -- It would make a great wedding present for that special someone.) Then read the authors' blog.