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Brokered Conventions #Elections2016
I’m not sure how many other non-Americans are actively following the nomination process as it rolls out, but it feels like a horse race. I realised yesterday that I’ve unwittingly ended up as a Hillary supporter, with no real reasons other than: I wrote a post in January saying that 2016 would probably be her […]
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US Government Debt: Visualised
So this is the last of the great visualisations: US Government Debt*. *my email subscribers probably won’t be able to watch this in their mailbox – I’ve linked to it above, or you can watch it directly on the RollingAlpha website. Tomorrow morning’s post should be fresh!
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USA Debt Explained
News: I am taking a vacation. It’s nearly the New Year, so I am taking a few weeks to time out. That does not mean that RollingAlpha stops though – it just means that I am writing this post to you from the past (date of writing – Saturday 9 November). The posts might be […]
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Debt Deals and Let’s Mock Ted Cruz
Seeing as the Senate and the House finally came to their senses last night, I felt it only fair to prepare something scathing about that tom-fool Ted Cruz, with his annoying haircut and strange obsession with Dr Seuss. Here’s a picture: Here is a video clip of him reading “Green Eggs and Ham” to Congress. […]
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Shutdowns and Affordable Health Care
This post was not part of my plan for the week – but who am I to resist a little dig at the Republican party? Well, that; and I’ve been doing some question & answering on this topic for a few days now. What The Hell Is Going On? The short story: The US Constitution […]
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America Five Years’ On…
We’re now five years down the line from that moment when the world watch Lehman Brothers collapse. And obviously, President Obama offered all Americans some words to mark the occasion. Here’s a transcript. The Summarised Verson The real victim of the financial crisis was the US auto industry. And, you know, the Investment Banks. The […]
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The US Inequality Myth. Sort of.
The world is filled with ranters*: *myself included And you should watch it. It raises some interesting points. Here’s the summary: Some researchers found a reasonably large sample size of Americans. They asked the sample to hypothetically split the US population into fifths. And then take the US accumulated wealth of around $54 trillion, and […]
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“Immoral Student Loans”? Oh Please.
I’ve mentioned this before: but I recently realised that somewhere in my childhood, I developed the deep-seated belief that anything I eat ought to be delicious. Which means: I am regularly disappointed; because if you search for flaws, you can find them. Despite this, when disappointed, I whinge about it – to my dinner companion, […]
read moreDebt Ceilings and $1 Trillion Platinum Coins
Until WordPress deleted the original post yesterday (I wept), this was going to be my first officially written-in-2013 post. Here it is, in its reconstituted form: In the last month, there has been talk of two things: Raising America’s Debt Ceiling; and the Commemorative Coin solution. Which sounds like a magnificent start to a year […]
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