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What's the Sticker Price of Exorbitant Privilege?
If you buy into this Pflueger/Yared perspective, then the price of exorbitant privilege is outspending your military adversaries. And the US has…
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The Safe Assets that weren't.
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Why Eurobonds won't work
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U.S. Treasury Investors' Massive Bet on AI
With Howard Kung (LBS) and James Paron (Stanford GSB).
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What about Japan? (Part I)
Running a SWF with borrowed money.
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The Housing Affordability Paradox
Last year, on August 19 2025, the day before Powell was to give his annual Jackson Hole speech, the White House pressured Chairman Powell to lower…
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How can you help to protect your local central banker?
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Party like it's 1999! YHOO joins the S&P 500.
I moved to the Bay Area in 1997.
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Who's looking out for passive investors?
When you think about asset management, managing other people’s money, the first thing you have to worry about is the alignment of incentives.
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