#Solvency

Andrew G. Biggs

I'm in Monday's @wsj writing about Joe Biden's Social Security plan. Biden says the right things about the need to save Social Security. But his plan adds just 5 years

The Dollar Standard:The US Economy fell from 40% of World GDP in 1960 to just 25% today.However, 79.5% of all world trade is conducted in US dollars.84% of all non-domestic

So building on existing comments and after digesting most of the docs. The @EU_Commission is very important for the EU budget, it is however small in comparison to the size

Let me explain the two datasets on #abpoli's crude #oilandgas industries: profits/royalties and cleanup costs.Here is profits ('normal'=10% return on investment; 'excess'=>10%)& #ableg's share of the money gen

Leland Conway Show

1/4 I’m not sure a lot of our political leaders or our neighbors realize that the worst of the economic fallout from the #Covid shutdown is still to come. The

The custodians have fractioned the bitcoin reserve, it's just a question of by how much? When will the next great insolvency event (e.g. MtGox bank run) happen? 1/4 The State

RiPbrettonwoods

Lot of opining going on from self-interested CNBC pundits down to #fintwit randos on the wrong side of a trade (me) re #fed actions. Spent some time reviewing Section 13

Me:The populations of Germany & Finland are very different than that of the US. Its wrong to attribute the social mobility of those countries solely to their big government.You:So what

Gannett is requiring furloughs that will effective cut the number of reporters at @IndyStar by 25% for the next 3 months. Reporters are the ones demanding information from public health

Thread:Understanding how the Federal Reserve is NOT monetizing debt - or anything, really.A (somewhat one-sided) thread summarizing (one side) of two days of debate. 1/ 2/ In previous threads, we’ve

Christian Odendahl

#Germany has increased the number of intensive care #beds quite quickly, from 28k to 40k, of which 15-20k are available. I was curious why, so I asked a health economist.

Eyes on VCU and other colleges trying to reopen physical campuses this fall. There is no way to do this safely.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/01/schools-reopening-coronavirus-arizona-superintendent/ Do I worry for the financi

Credit where credit due. One trick pony finally comes up with a policy worth talking about. I didn’t think he had it in him. SBP refinance facility to allow the

Emma Durand-Wood

Anyone up for building the Chief Peguis Extension, one baby step at a time?https://www.dearwinnipeg.com/2020/06/15/welcome-to-twin-peaks/ I'm biased of course, but in my view this is one of Dear Winnipeg's best posts.

Rep. Joe Ciresi

LEGISLATIVE THREAD (1/5):We were back in Harrisburg today for session and a meeting of the House Commerce Committee. Today in committee, I voted in favor of legislation to: Create

Re-posting, updating thread on the Fed’s approach to bank capital. Please know my tremendous respect for the Fed and Chairman Powell. But I am baffled by his comments yesterday on