
In this essay, I take a deep dive into the history of American plutocracy and its conspicuously Republican roots.
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In this essay, I take a deep dive into the history of American plutocracy and its conspicuously Republican roots.
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I test if the US housing crisis could be solved by taking money from the rich and handing it too the poor. Spoilers ... it would work.
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In this article I want to update and improve an analysis I did some time ago, and published on LinkedIn, which can be accessed through this link: Credit Granting can be used as a proxy for the Financial Cycle, which tends to present a “boom” before the beginning of a recession. Intro I will start with the definition of a cycle: a cycle is a low-frequency variation event.
Modeling Principles Almost all, if not all, applied science is based on the idea of a model. There are problems in the real world, and we would like to create a theory to solve such problems. One of the pillars or the main foundation of quantitative modeling is its effectiveness. But how can a model be effective? By demonstrating that it is simple, reproducible, and applicable in other areas of knowledge.
Houses are getting more expensive. In this post, I look at the reasons why.
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Efficiency isn't a tool for conserving energy --- it's a catalyst for technological sprawl.
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It appears that I've been blogging for five years. Here's some obligatory navel gazing to celebrate.
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Yes, the Bitcoin network uses loads of energy. But so does mainstream finance. So which system is more energy intensive? In this post, I do the math.
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I take a dive into the world of software and look at the problem of managing dependencies. From the Unix design, we've inherited many problems. Can we nix them with 'Nix'?
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I spent the better part of 2023 debunking the idea that higher interest rates down-regulate inflation. Here were the top 5 posts.
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