So I’m walking down the street on the way to my bus stop a week or two ago, minding my own business and hurrying because I am late, as usual. Suddenly a length of thick rope appears around my ankles - I stop and look around, startled, and realize that the rope has come from […]

I haven’t posted any staggering statistics recently, but not long ago the WSJ had a brilliant one:
“Much of the $586 billion stimulus package China unveiled this week will go toward building highways, railroads and airports. Already, according to official estimates, infrastructure spending had been increasing by an average of 20% annually for the past 30 […]