I turn 40 years old today. Since I hate birthday presents I figured I’d pass along some of the presents people have taught me over the last 40 years. 1) [ … ]
Category: My View On…
My View on “Late Stage Capitalism”
I am going to spend some time trying to put the debate about Capitalism and Socialism into perspective here. But before we can do that I need to properly define [ … ]
My View On: ESG Investing
I write this post with some hesitancy because I suspect that it is going to annoy lots of people. This annoys me because the goal of this post is to [ … ]
My View On: Student Debt Forgiveness
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed forgiving all student debt. Naturally, this is somewhat popular and garnering a lot of attention because free stuff is fun and having the [ … ]
My View On: Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis
Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) has been an influential component of how I think of the financial markets and the economy. The FIH, in a nutshell, says that capitalist [ … ]
My View On: The Green New Deal
Update – Apparently the FAQ mentioned in this piece was said to be “Conservative propaganda” before later being correctly referred to as a mistake by the AOC camp. This does [ … ]
My View On…AOC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)…wow, like a whirlwind, she went from virtual nobody to Congressional sensation. These days it’s almost impossible to avoid hearing about her. Rightfully so, her story is a [ … ]
My View On: The FIRE Movement
There was an interesting article in the NY Times this weekend titled “How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank”. The Times tells the story of [ … ]
My View On: “Maximizing Shareholder Value”
The idea of “maximizing shareholder value” (MSV) has been in the news a lot lately (see here and here). This is an idea generally associated with free market capitalism that states corporations should [ … ]