Category Archives: Interest Rates

James Howard Kunstler posts

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

[ As I re-read Kunstler posts I will add more excerpts and/or links.  I encourage you to read these brilliant posts in their entirety at http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/ for their wonderful humor, language, and the full logical chain of discourse, which excerpts … Continue reading →

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Why Banks and Wall St will go broke if interest rates ever go up

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

Dumb Money Day 1 by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns   Jun 10, 2013 This week I want to write about one very technical finance subject and the implications for the housing market and, by extension, for cities and the great reset … Continue reading →

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Eduardo Porter : Next Crisis from Rising Interest Rates? (New York Times)

Posted on February 15, 2014 by

A World Unprepared, Again, for Rising Interest Rates. Feb 11, 2014. Eduardo Porter. New York Times. I was living in São Paulo in 1997 when, out of the blue, an investment banker I knew called to ask about Brazilian cocktails. … Continue reading →

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