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OldVet’s Question

…following email request from an entrepreneurial young Indian businessman from New Delhi : “Greetings from somewhere over Azerbaijan . I am on my way to Germany for a trade show…

Book Review by the One Handed Economist

…French student and a German student swap “institutions of lunch” or “institutions of greetings.” What happens next? How does that change people’s interactions? How does it spill over to other…

Why Is Brazil Ahead of the US…fuel

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

Housing Update

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label