Economics
Macro, money, and the forces reshaping the financial system. The stories behind the headlines.
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Economics
Baby Boomers Go Bust From “Bidenomics"
Baby boomers on fixed incomes who rented their entire lives and planned to do so in retirement are now facing rental prices for which they never budgeted.
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Economics
Sovereign Debt is Eating the World
Hard times are coming, but it's beautiful on the other side.
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Marty's Bent
All is Not Well in the Economy
The market needs a monetary system whose cost of capital is determined by that market at any given point in time and not a small group of men in boardrooms at the member Federal Re…
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Economics
Onramp Weekly Roundup - 11/2/23
The existence of contango in bitcoin futures markets underscores the need for better suited institutional products, with many excited about the potential for a potential spot ETF a…
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Marty's Bent
The Great Bitcoin Decoupling
2023 has been the year of the Great Bitcoin Decoupling and it may be driven by the fact that more and more individuals are beginning to understand how much counterparty risk they a…
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Economics
Our Coming Zombie Economy
In short, the productive economy was whipsawed during the boom-bust, and now in the recession it's starved.
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Economics
Ten31 Timestamp 814,235
Meanwhile, bitcoin put up another strong showing, gaining another ~15% after last week’s +10% move (which also coincided with a broad selloff in traditional markets).
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Economics
The Bitcoin Halving: 6 months until Christmas for your portfolio
To get ready for April 2024, here are the 6 keys to understanding the Bitcoin halving & why it’s a huge deal
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Economics
U.S. National Debt Increasing at Unprecedented Rate
Putting the debt increase in context & examining the four drivers causing it
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Economics
How they Sell Inflation
The inflation-is-prosperity fallacy has been internalized by the ruling class.
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Economics
Bonds are the Ultimate Shitcoin
The 10yr US Treasury yield has climbed from 0.66% in April 2020 to 4.7% this week.
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Marty's Bent
The Digital Euro is in the Preparation Phase
The move to a central bank digital currency regime is official upon us, freaks.
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Economics
Eurodollar I: Origins
It was simply ledger entries on internal books at the reserve bank- it didn’t exist anywhere else.
7 min read
Economics
The American Consumer is About to Run out of Money
"Rolling Recession" about to get a lot bigger
4 min read
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