Discuss- are escalators decreasing?

Arnold Kling always gives us good brain food on economics;

There are multiple escalators in the economy. At any one point in time, some people are on up escalators, and some people are on down escalators. From 1970 to 2000, I think that cohort data would tell you that many more families rode escalators up than rode them down. From 2000 to today, my guess is that the proportion riding up escalators has not been as high.

Memo to Self- Review American System of Bounty Hunting

The Bounty Hunter's Pursuit of Justice

Bounty hunters and bail bondsmen play an important but unsung role in a legal system whose court dockets are too crowded to provide swift justice. When a suspect is arrested, a judge must make a decision: set the suspect free on his own recognizance until the court is ready to proceed, hold the suspect in jail, or release the accused on the condition that he post a bail bond. A bond is a promise backed by incentive. If the suspect shows up on the trial date, he gets his money back; but if he fails to show, the money is forfeited. We don’t want to deprive the innocent of their liberty, but we also don’t want to give the guilty too much of a head start on their escape. Bail bonds don’t solve this problem completely, but they do give judges an additional tool to help them navigate the dilemma.

Related; The Economics of Bounty Hunting (podcast)

Economists vs Politicians

economists,politicians,physicists,statisticians

Data Driven Life

The Quantified Self

The Pomodoro Technique

Cure Together
Cure Together, which allows you to enter your symptoms—for, say, "anxiety" or "insomnia"—and the various remedies you've tried to feel better. One thing the site does is aggregate this information and present the results in chart form.

Fuelly

Zazengo

Rescue Time

and more

Intellectuals and Society

Sowell discusses his new book, Intellectuals and Society

We also recommend Posner's book, Public Intellectuals

Deep Impact across the World

Kenyan coastal city of Malindi, which has a population of 70,757 and depends entirely on tourism


The town of Huaxi, China


The town of Danville, Virginia


The town of Luton, near London