America’s Two Thucydides Traps Converge This Decade
It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable. – Thucydides, History
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It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable. – Thucydides, History
To quote Bill Murray from the classic movie Ghostbusters, it’s “dogs and cats living together.” The second part of his famous
Times change. So must my portfolio… Back in 2020, in the months immediately following the pandemic’s arrival, I studied my
Somewhere up above, the spirit of my grandmother is smiling. See, while working on my taxes recently I decided that
A rogue wave chased me up the beach. I wasn’t paying attention… reading on my phone as usual… as my
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a question I cared about: Can bitcoin really hit $1 million? These
Inflation is legal counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is illegal inflation. – Robert Breedlove, bitcoin-focused entrepreneur & philosopher By the spring of 1542, British
Peanut butter and jelly. Laurel and Hardy. Tom and Jerry. Bonnie and Clyde. We all know them as famous pairs.
Deficits don’t matter. Let’s start today’s dispatch with a number: $49,350. That, we’re going to pretend, is how much money
Well, here we are… Back in January 2023, I sent out a dispatch to imy Field Notes readers asserting that
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