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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

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New Deficit Projection

Here is my latest deficit projection. The long term forecasts from the CBO use percentages of GDP, so I included more columns showing rec...

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The Bonddad Blog

The bifurcation of the new vs. existing home markets continues - *- by New Deal democrat* The bifurcation of the new vs. existing home markets continued in March, per the report on existing home sales and prices y...
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The Burning Platform

Batshit Crazy America - Guest Post by Jim Kunstler “Look at what all these white patriarchs built. Without pay. In their spare time. Anonymously” — Jordan Peterson on “X” Before t...
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Calculated Risk

NMHC: "Apartment Market Continues to Loosen" - Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NMHC: "Apartment Market Continues to Loosen" Excerpt: From the NMHC: Apartment Market Continues to L...
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Instapundit

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: U. Miami cost of attendance climbs $5,000, students to pay $93,000 - HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: U. Miami cost of attendance climbs $5,000, students to pay $93,000 next year.
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English pravda.ru

The West wants to get rid of Zelensky – Dmitry Medvedev - Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, believes that the West could decide to eliminate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. ...
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Naked Capitalism

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Political Calculations

Outside the Box Thinking: The Flying Orb - What happens when you embed a miniature flying drone inside a ball? Or more precisely, when you mount a lightweight miniature drone inside a ball-shaped...
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The Automatic Earth

Debt Rattle April 19 2024 - Francesco Hayez The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero 1867 • Why the Fix Is in for Trump (Victoria Taft) • N.Y. Gives Trump The Anne Boleyn Treatment (Po...
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Armstrong Economics

Homelessness Epidemic: the Public Sector is a Welfare Program - California’s homeless crisis proves the public sector is a welfare program and political tool. The California State Auditor released a report this month ...
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The Unz Review:

This Is What the Digital Revolution Brought Us, by Paul Craig Roberts - Your information is everywhere on the internet. It is in your banking, financial, credit card, cell phone, internet, utility, and online purchase accounts ...
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The Gateway Pundit

Black Voter in Philadelphia: ‘We Need Trump Back Because He Got Things Done’ (VIDEO) - The 2024 election feels very different than the 2020 election and we see examples of changing attitudes every day. The post Black Voter in Philadelphia: ...
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David Stockman's Contra Corner

Speaker Johnson’s Ignominious Betrayal - Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $9...
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Jesse's Café Américain

Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - Currency War, What Is It Good For? - Crimea River -
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Wolf Street

Home Sales Clobbered by Mortgage Rates. New Listings & Active Listings Surge. Most Price Reductions for any March in Years - Price reductions of existing homes jump to 31.7% of active listings, highest since 2017.
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NaturalNews.com

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of two minds

The Spear in AI's Back - *That real harm will result from the use of AI tools is a given. * *AI is like the powerful character in an action movie who looks invincible until they t...
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Mike Norman Economics

Accounting 101 - So what now we have Art Degree MMT Economics people teaching rudimentary Finance and Accounting Science 101 like this is some big revelation or someth...
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The Slog.

Putin’s China/Iran deal spells end of US hegemony dream - As I posted briefly en passant in last week’s extended Essay: ‘What makes the psychodummies think that – […]
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Advancing Time

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American Enterprise Institute – AEI

In Attacking Apple, the DOJ Fails to Grasp the Essence of Progress - In an industry that thrives on innovation, we must be cautious of holding successful companies back in the name of competition. The post In Attacking App...
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American Thinker

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AXEC: New Foundations of Economics

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Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory

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Bond Economics

Asset Allocation And Banking - *Note: This article would hopefully be worked into my banking manuscript. I think it overlaps other article(s), but I wanted to see how this line of argu...
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CBO's Publications

H.R. 7683, Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act - As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 21, 2024
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Confounded Interest – Anthony B. Sanders

Existing Homes Sales DOWN -10% From Last Year While Median Price Rises 4.8% YoY (Doesn’t Soothe Me!) - Somehow, today’s Existing Home Sales number don’t soothe me. After the collapse in housing starts and permits in March, it is no surprise that existing hom...
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Consciousness of Sheep

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Credit Bubble Bulletin

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Dealbreaker

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DollarCollapse.com

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Global Macro Monitor

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Lame Cherry

Crowd Pleaser - Check 6 Check 12 - Christmas Tree - Fox Silver Bullet - : (1) 450 to 500 single warhead Minuteman III ICBMs, (2) fourteen *Ohio*-class submarines fitted with 336 D5 missiles, and (3) twenty B-2s and sixty...
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Lighthouse Economics

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Living Stingy

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MarketWatch 666

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Michael Hudson

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Michael Roberts Blog

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Moneyness

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munKNEE.com

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Next Big Future

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Our Finite World

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Reminiscence of the Future...

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The Antiplanner

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The Babylon Bee

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The Corbett Report

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The Grayzone

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The Last American Vagabond

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Urban Decay

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Viable Opposition

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Wall Street On Parade

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