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It’s actually quite deniable. Not being able to explain something doesn’t mean there are supernatural reasons for the unexplained.

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This was the genius (or good luck) of Hamilton. Taking on the debts of the US states at the federal level prevented this problem when switching to a common currency at the formatio…

Improperly conceived is more accurate. A strong political union is important for a common currency. They should have stuck with free trade and visa free movement ( not permanent re…

Are you saying Germany succeeded in economics where war had failed?

Yeah... everyone I talked at the time to said austerity is the wrong tactic.

Welcome to the debacle that was the United States Articles of Confederation.

Perhaps what the EU needed wasn’t a common primary currency but a common secondary currency that was used as a medium to convert currency between members.

Almost like MMT is real.

Which is crazy.... in the US, a developer from Nebraska is just as expensive as one from California for any given company. The location of the company dictates the wages ( costs of…

That’s interesting. What’s the mechanism for that? Uninformed intuition would lead one to think there would not be a difference.

Yeah, it didn’t work for my wife :-(. We were hopeful.

.....woooosh.....

Printing money was alway the job of private banking in the US. Bank notes were used in the 19th century but sucked because podunk bank’s note wasn’t accepted in NYC...the federal r…

Believe in it? Trusting FDIC is tantamount to trusting the full faith and credit of the US Government. If you don’t trust it what are you doing here?

I agree. Without fiat currency, the US would have crumbled into a pile of blood soaked rubble.

Nuclear energy

Plus they just release it when they die.... that’s not a solution for petroleum and coal based carbon since it was environmentally sequestered before we dug it up.

I think the technology is needed because I don’t think we have the capacity as a culture to stop emissions fast enough. I am concerned that they are so focused on syngas because it…

More like people are finally going to feel the fiscal responsibility for their road use in a much more direct way.

The confrontation was between the kids and the black Israelites. The Native gentleman was trying to use chanting to interfere with the conflict.

It’s probably better to figure out how to convert it to concrete stabilization materials.

Try buying biodegradable products rather than wasting your time with recycling

People who saw a way to skim off the top by setting up recycling companies.