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A question from a web site reader: > What is your take on the government's promise of protection on > the money market funds? Do you think this will make them any > safer as an investment vehicle? One of the major goals of the Bailout of the World proposal is to stem the tide of withdrawals from mon...

Bailout of the World (BOTW) status report, Sunday, 28-Sep-2008 As I understand it, the "details" of the $700 billion Bailout of the World will be posted on the internet at noon today (Sunday). The American public is overwhelmingly opposed to the BOTW -- by something like to 300 to 1, according to w...

At first, I always used to blame the Boomers for the paralysis of government and for the financial problems. After all, the dot-com bubble was clearly perpetrated by Boomers. But by 2007, it was clear to me that the picture was much more complex. The first big clues appeared in early 2007, with the ...

North Korea's nuclear program has always been a matter of much political and ideological bickering. On the one hand, the West could make concessions to the North Koreans. One side calls that "appeasement," the other side calls that "negotiations." On the other hand, the West could be threatening and...

Dear Matt, > I can't create any new topics there. Is this > correct? Yes. The "Spotlight" category is for special events or invited experts, and so forth. For example, if say a college professor wants to lead a discussion of economics, or a corporate executive wants to lead a discussion on technolog...

It's impossible to predict with precision how events will play out in 10 years, so much of this is going to be up to your imagination. Structural, political, and societal changes can be executed instantaneously in a fourth turning. I'm looking for any theories on how these changes will develop, and...

Here's something from an online correspondent: Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transf...

The Nuer call something similar the "money of shit." Perhaps an expletive is warranted at this stage! "The Nuer are a confederation of tribes located in Southern Sudan and western Ethiopia. Collectively, the Nuer form one of the largest ethnic groups in East Africa. They are a pastoral people who r...

The way I see it is that there is still a lot of junk money, but the market doesn't want junk money anymore. On the other hand, there is a shortage of quality money, and the market has decided that it wants quality money. In a sense, the problem has been compounded because junk money has effectivel...

What does "credit market crashing" mean? No more credit cards? No more student loans? No more mortgages? Just curious. It means all of the above, if you don't have the very highest credit rating, and even then, you'll be paying sky-high interest rates. It's very hard to get credit now, but in a whi...