America’s Greece? Part 3, Better hired at five than not hired at seven
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] By: David A. Smith As the two earlier posts have shown, Puerto Rico is insolvent, and in default, and its history of continuous budget...
View ArticleAmerica’s Greece? Part 4, A friend of the debtor is a friend of mine
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 3 and the preceding Part 1 and Part 2.] By: David A. Smith In these earliest days of Puerto Rico’s unofficial bankruptcy, the offstage maneuvering is taking place;...
View ArticleAmerica’s Greece? Part 5, Six for six on advantages
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 4 and the preceding Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.] By: David A. Smith By now readers will have gleaned that by contrast with Greece, which wanted its debts restructured...
View ArticleMonth in Review, August 2015: Part 1, Enduring assets
By: David A. Smith For a month in which normal people (e.g. those not obsessed with blogging) go on vacation, August contained plenty of material related to affordable housing, starting with the...
View ArticleMonth in Review, August 2015: Part 2, Lingering debts
By: David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] The true mystery of capital lies in its mutability: property can be turned into money, money into chattel, chattel into property, and all through...
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