#Recession

1/ A new thread on market valuations, economic data, commodities, small caps, & other factors. For many metrics, the current euphoria continues to match the 1929 & 2000 peaks. Mikhail
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I've said it, and I'll keep saying it: if your primary source federal police actions in Portland is national news, you're missing the bigger picture. Support the local staff and
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Recently there's been lots of interest in alternatives to law enforcement. Many have also expressed concern about recent increases in violent crime.So: what non-law enforcement policies/programs have been shown specifically
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That time everyone in Omaha forgot about Berkshire and went crazy for a bubble stock: Level 3 Communications. Enter Walter Scott, CEO of Kiewit, Omaha's biggest construction company (BRK's offices
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A lot to digest in this latest piece by @ChuBailiang, but one striking thing is how consistently Chinese nationalists reduce a competition over political systems to a simple dichotomy: the
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Thread (1/?): It's election day, which means millions of Californians will be glued to their screens, trying to relieve their anxiety by refreshing the results of...local ballot measures dealing with
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A man who witnessed the economic failures of Indira & Rajiv Gandhi, he always has been Congress's hope to revive the economy. He himself was the PM for 10 long
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1) With the market up again after yesterday’s events, I think we must all take a look at current state of the market cycle and economy. In short, the economy
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we got exactly 124 DAYS until November 3rd, 2020 aka the next presidential election and BUCKLE UP every single day until then I'm gonna give all y'all human citizen people
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MEGA-THREAD: @mattyglesias competently summarizes the "Debt no longer matters, so relax & add more" case. But these arguments - common on econ Twitter - dismiss two key realities:1) Baseline debt
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1/Lots of people ask me: "Noah, how much can the U.S. government borrow before bad things start happening?"In this newsletter, I try to give a definitive answer to that question.
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I'm sorry to say, but we're now in failed State territory. You'll be shocked how long is the list of incompetence and negligence just for the past month.I'll give you
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10 years ago my appendix burst and I nearly died because I was told I was just suffering from gastritis and when I was on the OR table my ma
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1/Today's @bopinion post is about a very important trend, and contains a very big idea.It's about how Millennials (and young Americans in general) haven't been able to build wealth, and
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Happy Thursday. Day 2 (of 3) of the Mecklenburg County commissioners' retreat is about to get underway. #MeckBOCC is several sessions ahead of schedule. Follow along here:https://mecklenburg.ravnur.com/live/BOCC  And here's the
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The Supreme Court's final opinion(s) will come down today at 10 am!Who's ready?! What's left?β€’Mazars: House subpoenas of Trump's financial recordsβ€’Vance: NY grand jury subpoena of Trump's tax returnsβ€’McGirt: Is
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