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All my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success

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People love to yap about their work (including me), and you can build a great working relationship with them by just being a good listener.

27.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In pursuit of tax progressivity, we've lost the plot.
Premiums to a private insurer? Tax-deductible.
Taxes to your state funding public healthcare? Not deductible.
The tax code literally penalizes public provision

25.02.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents The bank had been steadfast in its support of general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler; recent documents showed she was a close ally of Epstein’s through his 2019 arrest.

Definitely a take, and already stale. www.wsj.com/finance/gold...

13.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing they are a private institution.

12.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

American society has forgotten that the real purpose of financial markets is to match savers and borrowers.

But this is a predictable outcome of market fundamentalism as an ideology taking over our elite class.

11.02.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Notice how he just only does this when the stock market is closed?

24.01.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well doesn’t this just mean that the capital charge for direct lending by banks is too high and the capital charge for securitizations and collateralized transactions is too low?

The optimal level of capital is more a systemic question.

03.12.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not only the air, they are about to put him on the Fed…

30.11.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I was a CIO of a pension fund, charity, or endowment that has money at a16z, idk if it makes a lot of sense to keep your money at a firm headed by this egg.

30.11.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He is a known grifter. He pumped and dumped solana on his podcast viewers during covid.

He was crying for a bailout for SVB’s uninsured depositors when it failed. And, he’s supposed to be a libertarian.

He supported DeSantis and denounced Trump after Jan 6. Now he can’t stop singing his praises.

30.11.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been up for a while. Was on the White House’s a few weeks ago and saw it. It shocked me. I guess Fox, WSJ, and OAN aren’t enough, they need a Pravda

30.11.2025 00:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This. It’s fundamentally a consequence of a winner-take-all dynamics in our economy.

28.11.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In broad daylight. Wonder if this meets the Supreme Court’s tit-for-tat standard… πŸ™„

19.11.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Add FSOC to that list of duds

18.11.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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14.11.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible take. I feel for restaurant operators but they are using public spaces for private profit. The city should charge rent for private use of a public space.

We don’t need to subsidize outdoor eating when we have food banks with lines around the block.

11.11.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone .

He told us

06.11.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting… hopefully there is none. The OCC and FDIC have faced similar cuts % wise but, in terms of magnitude, 150 for the FRS seems waaaay less severe than the 1000+ staff at OCC and FDIC.

31.10.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Graham do you know if this is only Board S&R staff or does it include front-line examiners at reserve banks?

31.10.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come on bro, it wasn’t just the β€œbanks”

28.10.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like my train car this morning

27.10.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ian being an industry plant is oddly missing from that story.

26.10.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or the legendary Pulitzer who never riled up the American public to go to war just to sell papers.

14.10.2025 12:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The SVB episode don’t make me optimistic our politics has moved past bailouts for HNW individuals.

08.10.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean what has he done without Brady?

Guess this solves the mystery of who was more important to that dynasty.

07.10.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Avik Roy

Picture of Avik Roy

Remember this guy? Wonder what he’s up to now…

07.10.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Prediction markets? You mean bucket shops?

07.10.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this what dating in Boston is like?

06.10.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just wondering how many 🚩there are except not knowing hot sauce ball

06.10.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Liberal, moderate, or conservative?

06.10.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0