Economics: Less Teens Getting Licenses

Don’t have time, cars are expensive, and there are options.

This doesn’t shock me in the least because between the cost of gas, the cost of cars, and the options (if you’re in the right area), the need for a car is probably lower.  Again, that’s probably the area one lives in, which makes me curious about demographic distribution here.

Now what’s got me curious is if this decrease (and the decrease of car sales has an interesting spread into older demographics), is going to fuel more interest in public transport at least in America.  That’s a bit tough with slashed budgets and your usual government dysfunction.

I also wonder how many teens don’t need licenses as they don’t have jobs in this economy.

– Steven

 

Right On Script, Everything’s Going To Be Terrible

For awhile, we here at MuseHack have been discussing the checklist issue of films, how films all seem alike and follow the same beats. We’re concerned what that means for Hollywood, writers, and media. We’re also feeling just a wee bit justified now that such concerns are mainstream and in fact may be traced back to one book and writing concept, Save the Cat.

(Serdar has more to say on “Save the Cat” in his own erudite way.)

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Have Some Dismal Economic Truths!

Law firms are in trouble, so it’s not a guaranteed fallback: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113941/big-law-firms-trouble-when-money-dries#

Publicly funding a stadium is a losing proposition: http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/america-has-a-stadium-problem-62665/.  In fact, we’re spending more on them to date, and bankrupt Detroit is still building  a Hockey Stadium.  http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130619/BIZ/306190075/

– Steven