Luke Gromen

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Founder & President, Forest for the Trees (FFTT). Author of "The Mr. X Interviews, Volumes I & II.” RT not endorsements.

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Tweet Oct 15, 2023

Thread on UST funding and RRP. Backdrop: US treasury debt outstanding has gone from $22.7T to $33.2T over the past four years (9/30/19 to 9/30/23), and 30.9T a year ago. So +$2.3T 1y and +$10T 4y. The -12m deficit is $1.7T per below, as of 9/30 (Tre

by Paulo Macro

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Book Mar 24, 2022

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century

by Helen Thompson POLIS

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Movie Oct 20, 1995

by Amy Heckerling

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Article Jan 18, 2023

by Doomberg

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Tweet Nov 30, 2022

1/ On January 10, 1901, the world was changed forever. Up on Spindletop Hill, just south of Beaumont, Texas, an enormous geyser of oil exploded into the sky, much to the awe of the drillers who made it happen. twitter.com/DoombergT/status/15979621179

by Doomberg and Michael Shellenberger

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Tweet Nov 29, 2022

Some key points from this discussion on the geostrategic and security dimensions of monetary policy, which Fed officials & US policy makers ignore at their peril: Starting book quote "If the contemporary hegemon has an unknowing headquarters, it's t

by Matthew Pines

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Article Jan 28, 2021

Crying Wolf on the Gold Standard

by Jeremy Epstein

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Tweet Nov 3, 2022

A few old fashioned things I still believe: You can tell everything you need to know about a person by observing (1) how they treat service workers and (2) whether they put their shopping cart back. (read on)

by Sahil Bloom

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Article Oct 5, 2022

by Doomberg

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Tweet Sep 8, 2022

Let's talk electricity. Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages from what I call a crisis of confidence. I will explain why, back it with data & kindly ask YOU to share it as the fix lies in voting for balanced policies. We must adap

by Alexander Stahel

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Tweet Sep 24, 2022

1/ On July 26, 1941, President Roosevelt seized all Japanese assets in the US and imposed a strict oil embargo on the country. Britain and the Dutch East Indies – the colonial predecessor to modern-day Indonesia and a major oil supplier to Japan – qu

by Doomberg

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Tweet Sep 21, 2022

US national security & monetary policy seem to be increasingly working at cross-purposes. Now, we see the Fed & Treasury driving the USD up even as the WH/Congress push industrial policy & the Pentagon is increasingly focused on rebuilding the defen

by Matthew Pines

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