Fergus Hodgson, CAIA
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Financial economist @EconAmericas Endurance athlete @FergRunning Books: https://t.co/KrX5VAjJdv
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Joined June 2010
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Spotty sanctions against some Venezuelans began in 2015, after the economic crisis began. The timing, however, did not stop Chavistas from screaming Ā”imperialismo! The evil empire is the scapegoat to blame for all manner of ills. WATCH:
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Not even half of the candidates bother to comply with Honduras's electoral finance law. The question is not whether there was widespread cheatingāthere wasābut rather whether the cheating sufficiently tipped the scales towards @titoasfura. https://t.co/je6dRHBwIQ
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The electoral law mandates candidates to disclose who funds them and how that money is spent. However, the practice remains elusive.
Al 99,9% escrutado gana el derechista Tito Asfura en Honduras, pero la CNE y el gobierno comunista de la zurda de Xiomara Castro se niega a declarar la victoria para Tito mientras siguen viendo cĆ³mo robarse el resultado. Extendieron una semana entera contando votos y asĆ y todo
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This is precisely the theme of No (2012), a dramatized film about Chile's referendum to move on from the Augusto Pinochet era (1973ā1990). It is well worth a watch:
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The documentary film, No (2012), captures this historic moment for Chile and Latin America through the eyes of the ānoā campaign.
A lot of hate was directed towards the Albertan Independence movement this weekend. Donāt combat that hate with vitriol, but laughter and positivity. Highlight diversity that supports Independence! Women Indigenous Visible Minorities We are not a monolith. Positivity wins.
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Risk premiums, especially stemming from inflation, continue to rise.
Government bond yields are rising despite rate cuts and financial repression. The evidence of increasingly insolvent governments. via Bloomberg
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I fully support Quebec's total independence from the federation.
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You can also watch/listen on Substack and via the podcast feed:
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My first Ferg Running interview has just gone live! Find it with @JamesLNuzzo here on YouTube: The Minimal-Dose Streamlined Path to Strength https://t.co/7KWI1eqt0c
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The @federalreserve has bought off the economics profession devoted to banking and monetary policy.
BESSENT: āThe Fed is turning into universal basic income for PhD economists. I don't know what they do. They're never right ā¦ If air traffic controllers did this, no one would get in an airplane.ā š¤£
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Most people in the Eurozone do not realize they have been turned into dependent serfs. This is rising in Ireland, tragically, and that is one reason why young people continue to leave.
Scarce and expensive housing is not a fatality; it is a policy to create a dependent class: āGovernments print currency by overspending and make deposits and wages worth less in real terms. āGovernments add limits to construction and hyperregulation, raise taxes, and make
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I asked a 36 year old journalist that came to cover us if she had kids She said she hoped to one day Unmarried btw Their whole ideology is ignoring biological reality
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Econ 43 (Introduction to Financial Decision-Making) is one of the most popular undergraduate courses at @Stanford . The popularity speaks of the need for personal financial education, including across generations, as we've found students bring knowledge back to their families.
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As soon as government helps pay for something the price explodes. Heaven help the taxpayer if they make it "free."
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The referendum campaign will open people's minds to realities such as the one noted below. Even with regime media and taxpayer-funded educators belittling the idea, I am confident Alberta independence will get majority support. https://t.co/85vskNLGI6
Norway has a population of 5.5 million, very close to Albertaās. But they do not send $30 BILLION a year to Ottawa for redistribution to Liberal ridings.
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Alabama now makes three times more cars than Italy. Europe isnāt working
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The first public online course on Woke at a western university @UniOfBuckingham. Enroll now, from anywhere in the world. Choose lecture-only, lecture-seminar or MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict. Deadline for lecture-seminar option Jan 30. Lecture-only apply any time.
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Modern Monetary Theory is not modern nor a theory. It is the same nonsense that every totalitarian empire has tried for centuries: believing that bureaucrats create wealth and they can issue all the currency they want. And always fail.
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@FergHodgson My best guess is that this is not a homogeneous community. Without having special insight (welcome to being corrected) I would hazard a guess that there are: -some desperately sad women who ended up childless and found this replacement to be somewhat ease the pain -some women
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.@JimOstrowski: it's okay to ask questions about a political assassination. https://t.co/3SEM5mrOl4
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Universal Basic Income. The oldest trick in the book to create a zombie dependent underclass.
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