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Balancing the Bank Book 2022-05-20 Families o013 Financial Expert

Balancing the Bank Book

Clare Briggs May 20, 2022

"I thought you was a financial expert!"

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How To Pay For It

Michael Siegel December 6, 2018

I'm against Medicare for All but I understand that many people are for it. There are various...

This American Life, Carmen Segarra, and the Federal Reserve Bank: an Episode TBTF? IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.the-vendramin-family-venerating-a-relic-of-the-true-cross-244

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This American Life, Carmen Segarra, and the Federal Reserve Bank: an Episode TBTF?

Guest Authors October 7, 2014

Zic listens to secret recordings made by Federal Reserve regulator Carmen Segerra, and finds herself with more...

Regulating the Crash IFRL-Mindiv-33474493220_9f814da9f9_c

Regulating the Crash

Erik Kain April 30, 2011

There was some very smart discussion in my Keynes vs. Hayek thread about the crash and whether...

The vanilla option IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Divers

The vanilla option

Erik Kain January 7, 2010

Rortybomb expands on his Evil Rorty scenario with a solution:

Evil Rorty, loan sharks, and Bastiat’s Broken Window IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.the-interior-of-the-palm-house

Evil Rorty, loan sharks, and Bastiat’s Broken Window

Erik Kain January 6, 2010

Mike Konczal (aka Rortybomb) has a really fascinating thought experiment over at his blog wherein, a la Star...

Geithner’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bank Plan IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Japanwest-Couple

Geithner’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bank Plan

Erik Kain March 23, 2009

This is my third financial/economic/treasury round-up. I am not an expert in these matters so what I’ve...

Mike on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaIsrael can take him in. He's a father of 3 or whatever. I'm guessing Hamas has people that are fathe…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedSo, yes, that sounds plausible, but also...no. It's not _just_ that. There are a lot of people who h…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a “whatabout” for every single “precedent” that the Democ…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I’m pretty sure that we’re *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, “the pr…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm pretty sure that we're *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, "the pr…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…