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Seeing the rich makes people favour redistribution, but also increases division(lse.ac.uk)
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
Appreciate the comment!! Even if just anecdotally - you mention loneliness etc. - did you experience any negative (particularly emotional) side effects?
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Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan(csis.org)
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Altman's eye-scanning startup told workers not to care about anything but work(businessinsider.com)
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
The property crisis and domestic consumption issues are real constraints, but I think the framework's point is that the calculus has shifted even if the alternatives aren't great. China's treasury holdings peaked around $1.3
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
Good question on the USDCNY trajectory. I think it’s fair to assume that they manage this through capital controls rather than market forces, so the adjustment might play out differently than typical reserve diversification scenarios. The G
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
You're right that Russia was an outlier in 2022; but as others already said, the landscape has shifted considerably since then. The argument isn't that most countries face immediate sanctions risk, but that the uncertainty itself
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
Good point about Europe holding most of the frozen assets (~$300B vs ~$5B in the US). But that actually reinforces rather than contradicts Pozsar's framework; it's not specifically about the dollar versus other currencies, but abo
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by 7777777phil 11mo ago
Article behind Paywall; AI Summary: Kalshi Partners with StockX to Launch Prediction Market for Collectibles and Sneakers Kalshi, a prediction market platform, has teamed up with sneaker marketplace StockX to create new event contracts base
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Kalshi Gets Labubu Derivatives in New Prediction-Market Play(bloomberg.com)
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Pozsar's Bretton Woods III: The Framework(philippdubach.com)
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by 7777777phil 1y ago
Cool Project. Been working on something similar in my undergrad days[1]. Is there a paper / repository showing the math and tech behind it? [1] https://philippdubach.com/2024/03/15/my-first-optimal-portfo.
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Apple: Pico-Banana-400K: A Large-Scale Dataset for Text-Guided Image Editing(arxiv.org)
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by 7777777phil 1y ago
I wrote about how NYC mayoral candidate promises free bus rides, which the behavioral research on "zero pricing" suggests will create more perceived value than cheap fares. But: free transit eliminates the customer relationship th