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We like gold, but not a gold standard
by uomo_senza_nome on 29 Aug 2012   7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://macrobits.pinetreecapit So a gold standard introduces a recessionary bias to economies with the burden always falling on countries with weaker currencies (typically as a consequence of trade deficits). This ...

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The Euro: love it or leave it?
by uomo_senza_nome on 13 Dec 2011   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php Old piece but quite relevant.

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Jon Stewart on Republican Iowa debate
by uomo_senza_nome on 13 Dec 2011   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon #politics

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Boring stock ETF recommendations
by uomo_senza_nome on 27 Jan 2012   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
I found a few on Vanguard. Such as VIG, VDC, VPU etc. Any specific ETF among these or a mutual fund that you'd recommend for long term savings? I ...

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Is this where American Health Insurance heading to?
by uomo_senza_nome on 21 Jun 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl He told the paper he had lost his job after 17 years as a Coca-Cola delivery man, and with it his health insurance. He was in increasing pain ...

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Qualified borrowers are dwindling at lower rates
by uomo_senza_nome on 19 Sep 2012   4 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.housingwire.com/new The purchase index, which measures applications filed for mortgages on home purchases, fell 4%. Refinance activity, on the other hand, grew 1% from the previous week, with applications ...

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The price of Justice
by uomo_senza_nome on 9 Feb 2012   4 comments, latest 12 years ago
Mortgage Servicing Fraud, Foreclosure Fraud, Bringing the entire global economy on its knees with shitty paper signed by Linda Green, Accounting gimmicks. A related article on MF Global: http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl ...

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More on the housing "recovery"
by uomo_senza_nome on 27 Sep 2012   1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://pragcap.com/more-on-tha I don’t intend to rain on the economic parade. I’ve been saying we’d avoid a recession in 2012 for a long time now and the fact that housing ...

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Who benefits from QE?
by uomo_senza_nome on 30 Aug 2012   2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://economistsview.typepad. By pushing up a range of asset prices, asset purchases have boosted the value of households’ financial wealth held outside pension funds, but holdings are heavily skewed with ...

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The super awesome Jon Stewart
by uomo_senza_nome on 12 Nov 2012   1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl Bill Moyers said it very well: "an alternate reality, where the truth is as elusive as a moonbeam and facts as alien as little green men with ...

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Baltic Dry Index indicating global economic slowdown
by uomo_senza_nome on 27 Jan 2012   1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://thefundamentalview.blog

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Why Peter Schiff sometimes makes absurdly wrong calls
by uomo_senza_nome on 28 Aug 2012   6 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://azizonomics.com/2012/08

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Can we not predict a recession?
by uomo_senza_nome on 18 Jan 2012   6 comments, latest 12 years ago
"Guessing what the stock market will do is just that. Guessing." - edvard2, Patrick.net user. There are at least two institutions to my knowledge who made a great call ...

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The rule of law is dead
by uomo_senza_nome on 16 Aug 2012   8 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/20

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The marginal productivity of debt
by uomo_senza_nome on 14 Oct 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
Please consider this article: http://professorfekete.com/art I quote from the article: The key to understanding the problem is the marginal productivity of debt , a concept curiously missing from the ...

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Wealthfront
by uomo_senza_nome on 18 Dec 2012   Posted 11 years ago
http://www.indexuniverse.com/s https://www.wealthfront.com/ Have any of you tried this? Like it? Dislike it? any other thoughts?

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Why would you want more socialism from a corrupt government?
by uomo_senza_nome on 22 Dec 2011   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
This makes no sense to me. I am open to listening to any intelligent socialist present their case for why they want more government intervention from a corrupt government. ...

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Gold miners vs. Gold Bullion divergence
by uomo_senza_nome on 27 Jun 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
Borrowing the below chart from Jesse's blog ( http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl ) Was wondering if any of you had thoughts on undervalued miners (relatively, compared to their peers)? This seems like ...

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If we had a Nate Silver for budget debate
by uomo_senza_nome on 26 Nov 2012   1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/ Silver managed to call every state exactly right. He ignored the gibberish about momentum or voters moods and simply focused on the data given by the various polls ...

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May be it's time for Germany to leave the Euro-zone
by uomo_senza_nome on 20 Sep 2011   Posted 13 years ago
http://macromarketmusings.blog

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The myth of Japan's failure
by uomo_senza_nome on 9 Jan 2012   5 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01

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What to do when every market is manipulated
by uomo_senza_nome on 16 Aug 2012   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.peakprosperity.com/

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Giant gamble in the desert
by uomo_senza_nome on 7 Sep 2011   Posted 13 years ago
http://www.mybudget360.com/gia #housing

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Capitalism needs regulation; it'd be naive to think it doesn't need it
by uomo_senza_nome on 2 Nov 2011   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.goldstockbull.com/a

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The Seneca effect: Why decline is faster than growth
by uomo_senza_nome on 3 Sep 2011   3 comments, latest 7 years ago
http://cassandralegacy.blogspo

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Nature has a well known liberal bias.
by uomo_senza_nome on 23 Aug 2012   3 comments, latest 12 years ago

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The connection between evolution and neurobiology
by uomo_senza_nome on 23 Jan 2012   4 comments, latest 12 years ago
Richard Dawkins writes: The world at time t is not greatly different from the world at time t-1. Therefore it is not necessary for sensory systems continuously to report ...

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There's little we can do to prevent another massacre
by uomo_senza_nome on 17 Dec 2012   Posted 11 years ago
http://www.thedailybeast.com/a There just aren't good words to talk about Newtown.  It is a crime that literally defies imagination--hell, it flings imagination down and dances upon its head.  No one ...

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Finding compromise
by uomo_senza_nome on 7 Nov 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.econbrowser.com/arc But the Republicans held control of the House of Representatives and Americans remain deeply divided. Historically, the party in control of the White House loses some congressional seats ...

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Financial Fraud, Moral Hazard and Psychology of Cheating
by uomo_senza_nome on 12 Nov 2012   Posted 11 years ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl But there are times when corruption and callous greed becomes more tolerated, and a larger segment of the population that is not amoral, but is perhaps morally ambivalent ...

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When economists brush with death
by uomo_senza_nome on 23 Sep 2012   2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.businessspectator.c The magic of margin was that, if shares rose a mere 10 per cent, you doubled your money, turning $10 million into $20 million. The catch was that, ...

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Why Mish is wrong on Hyperinflation
by uomo_senza_nome on 8 Jan 2013   Posted 11 years ago
http://howfiatdies.blogspot.co Mish thinks people would not decide to have hyperinflation. I don't believe there has ever been a "decision to have hyperinflation". Hyperinflation is when things get out of ...

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Hours of work needed to buy an ounce of gold
by uomo_senza_nome on 17 Nov 2011   1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.creditwritedowns.co

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Krugman debates with himself on whether SS is a Ponzi
by uomo_senza_nome on 13 Sep 2011   4 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://www.economicpolicyjourn

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Why fallacies like 'increasing unemployment insurance creates more jobs' thrive in America
by uomo_senza_nome on 19 Aug 2011   7 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://online.wsj.com/article/

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Maturity Transformation and Duration Mismatch
by uomo_senza_nome on 6 Oct 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://nonlineardynamic.blogsp Paul Krugman conveys an idea in words better than anyone else regarding the topic that is at the heart of modern banking: maturity transformation. In simple terms, individual ...

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Fed prepares to act. what will they do?
by uomo_senza_nome on 7 Sep 2011   4 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://www.calculatedriskblog. Option 1: Operation Twist. Option 2: Cut interest rate on excess reserves, forcing banks to take lending risks with their reserves (hint...more inflation). Option 3: Word magic and ...

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Obama goes Japanese - $447 billion of new infrastructure spending
by uomo_senza_nome on 8 Sep 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://dailycapitalist.com/201 #politics

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Why global shortage of safe assets matters?
by uomo_senza_nome on 23 Dec 2011   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://macromarketmusings.blog

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Kyle Bass on artificial stability
by uomo_senza_nome on 3 Dec 2011   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://youtu.be/5V3kpKzd-Yw
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