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Increasing government debt to enable share buybacks is dumb, it should be illegal

Another new study confirms what has been abundantly clear for years now: stock price manipulation via rampant share buybacks is weakening worker compensation, capital investment, innovation, productivity, corporate balance sheets, and future economic resilience.  See The Atlantic’s Are buybacks starving … Continue reading →

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Worthwhile read: US stocks are in a bubble

A useful piece with some illuminating charts from Jesse Colombo this week, read US stocks are in a bubble. This comment on passive investing is the critical point that long-always advocates recklessly ignore: The proponents of passive investing point out … Continue reading →

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Must watch doc: What the Health

With record government debt and expenses compounding out of control in most countries, higher consumption and corporate taxes, as well as spending cuts are necessary for financial viability.  More efficient policy and operations around food and energy are the most … Continue reading →

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