Tag: USA

🏦 Nonbank Financial Intermediation Policy Issues and Financial Stability (NotebookLM).

This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, updated in June 2025, provides an overview of Nonbank Financial Intermediation (NBFI), or "shadow banking," and its implications for capital markets policy, prepared for Members of Congress. The source explains that NBFI generally refers to funding sources outside the traditional banking system, emphasizing its size, complexity, and importance, noting … Continue reading 🏦 Nonbank Financial Intermediation Policy Issues and Financial Stability (NotebookLM). →

Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Unjust History.

https://blog.ticketmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/barclays-center-step-inside.jpg In pausing all my other side research projects, I decided to begin researching in depth on the contentious topic of housing in the United States, focusing on and centered around NYC. Elon Musk recently reposted a video on X with the caption to take documentaries with a grain of salt. The guy on the … Continue reading Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Unjust History. →

Reclaiming Healthcare: Discussion and Essay with ChatGPT.

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger wanted to change the healthcare system, but every dollar has a constituency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAjw1E-fcI Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Discussion w/ ChatGPT: User: Summarize this transcript chunk from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger (copy and paste). ChatGPT: 🪄 Here is a careful, slow summary of the transcript you provided, which captures … Continue reading Reclaiming Healthcare: Discussion and Essay with ChatGPT. →

The real reason for the tariff pause, and the fragility of financial markets. Includes insights from ChatGPT.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/20/bond-market-chaos-hedge-funds-world-shadow-banks-regulation/ // Fortune article is behind a paywall. I saw this headline the other day that some folks shared on social media: "Hedge funds are the new ‘shadow banks’—and some are worried they pose a systemic threat to financial stability." In my head, I found the headline utterly stupid, primarily because anything outside traditional banking … Continue reading The real reason for the tariff pause, and the fragility of financial markets. Includes insights from ChatGPT. →

ChatGPT’s Recap and follow-up to the article, “When the Dollar Stops Flowing.”

https://goorha.medium.com/when-the-dollar-stops-flowing-2d94cb7b87d7 Discussion w/ ChatGPT4o. User: There’s a fascinating article I want you to break down for me as I give you some passages in parts. ChatGPT: Absolutely — go ahead and share the first passage whenever you’re ready. I’ll dive into it with deep, step-by-step analysis as we go. User: (copy and paste the first half). ChatGPT: … Continue reading ChatGPT’s Recap and follow-up to the article, “When the Dollar Stops Flowing.” →

Unique Recession Indicators with my Custom ChatGPT and the Folk-Economic Barometer (FEB) by Entropy.

I saw a Valuetainment video about nine shocking economic or recession indicators, from lipstick and mini booze bottles to diaper rash and the stripper index. I'll be honest, I don't particularly like some of Patrick Bet-Davis's worldview or politics as much because he can be somewhat dogmatic about capitalism and free markets when a mixed … Continue reading Unique Recession Indicators with my Custom ChatGPT and the Folk-Economic Barometer (FEB) by Entropy. →

A Podcast Episode on Political Drama in the Digital Age of American Politics [AI Video].

https://youtu.be/iIt2232euCQ I put together an AI video from various books on the political drama of recent history in the United States. It's far from perfect due to the constraints of AI, on top of that--adding layers from different perspectives, competing narratives, and is confusing overall. One book I wished I had added, but only recently … Continue reading A Podcast Episode on Political Drama in the Digital Age of American Politics [AI Video]. →