Let’s model the American economy. How about using the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
            Here we look at a real world of an economy under stress. This is not an economic model, but a bridge.
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Living in the shadow of the Magic Money Tree - A tree with deep roots
            Efforts to control inflation to 2% are doomed by recurring bouts of MMT and our fiat currency
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        The Fed can’t cure the chaos
            The economic crises of the last decade made linear thinking about the economy
very unhelpful. But our previous planning failures
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Monkeypox is no friend of the Fed
            Why Monkeypox? Why now? Monkeypox is now in eighty countries
[https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/world-map.html]
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Willie Sutton likes crypto
            We've seen that pools of wealth either physical or digital need protection because interested parties are always on the lookout for them. Crypto has seen its share of Willie Suttons.
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        As Seen on Forbes: 15 Ways To Protect And Build Business Credit In A Financial Crisis
            Businesses of all sizes are suddenly facing the prospects of a recession and
perhaps even worse over the next year
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        The liquidity quake in crypto
            A one-two punch in liquidity is hitting the economy and the prospect of a
recession is surging as a result.
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Now for the economic yoyo
            The Federal Reserve Bank just raised Fed Funds rates 75 basis points after a
shock realization that the economy was
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Crypto cannot help the Fed
            The cryptocurrency market has received a withering barrage of criticism during
the last month, especially given the failure of some
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Yes, Terra was very like Lehman Brothers
            The failure of Terra (UST), the stablecoin, was very akin to the Lehman Brothers
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/