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Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
DoD Black Budget
Noah estimates $50 billion. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Unemployment Numbers
Don’t forget to tack on graduating college kids. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
They Were Us and We Were Them
Emphasis mine: This point is key. There’s a real tendency to Other subprime mortgage holders. They are idiots, crooks, dupes, minorities, single mothers, easily mislead, liars and criminals, etc. But right here, 28% of all mortgage foreclosures, and 60% of … Continue reading
The Security Phantom
Good. It’s about time we started disconnecting the idea of security from the military (albeit excruciatingly slowly). That phantom connection has cost billions of dollars and has taken thousands and thousands of lives. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Economists Circling the Drain
Unable to wrap their minds around Taleb, economists are flailing into a laughable pile of insular logic. This dribble is indicative of just how unable to cope that ‘profession’ is. Taleb’s point (or anyone worth listening to nowadays) is that … Continue reading