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synthetic bonds

…be a joke “Frederal reserves” but Blogger appears to automatically correct misspelled titles. Felix Salmon explains thing to me in a comment, which I pull back after the jump. After…

BW on Soc Sec VI: LMS and the Infinite Future

…solvency in terms of Short Term Actuarial Balance (1 year of projected reserves in each of the next 10 years) and Long Term Actuarial Balance (1 year of reserves in…

US Vulnerability to China

…oil reserves are in Asia, that it supplies just 1% of US oil needs, and that oil is highly fungible (meaning that oil from one source can and will be…