Assorted links

1. Angus on the Fed succession debates.

2. Borges on Dr. Johnson.

3. Private coupon currency in the Bangladesh slum in Kenya.  The legal update is here.

4. Will India beat us to biometric ATM cards?

5. The etiquette of escalator travel, where inefficiency and barbarism reign.

6. Why has India been so successful in reducing poverty?  For one thing, there is some progress on the agricultural front.