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Gold Goats 'n Guns
Personal blog · tomluongo.mepoliticseconomics
Gold Goats 'n Guns is a personal blog at tomluongo.me about politics and economics. Since 2017, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments link posts on why the ruble stabilised, gold, and Tom Luongo's thesis on dollar and eurodollar funding, SOFR and LIBOR, and FDIC insurance after Credit Suisse. Readers cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Speaking Truth, Destroying Narratives about Politics, Markets and Culture
What Hacker News says?
Doesn't make sense does it? Lies usually don't. The truth does make sense, but they don't want you to hear it. https://tomluongo.me/2022/03/28/got-gold-rubles-russia-just-...
Comment linking /2022/03/28/got-gold-rubles-russia-just-broke-the-back-of-the-west/
on “Ask HN: Why did the ruble stabilize and what's going on?”Submitted Moscow may use Ethereum based voting blockchain system in upcoming election as a story · 19 points
HN discussionWhat do you think of Tom Luongo's thesis on dollar/SOFR vs. eurodollar/LIBOR? https://tomluongo.me/2023/03/21/fdic-insurance-credit-suisse... & https://www.patreon.com/posts/79871723 > On two major fronts, limited insurance for bank deposits and terminally impaired capital structures for European banks, the Fed just positioned the US to be the recipient of major capital inflows as all of the interest rate and credit…
Comment linking /2023/03/21/fdic-insurance-credit-suisse-day-fed-killed-europ/
on “Cayman Islands offshore finance: Anglo-America, Japan, and hedge funds (2016)”Submitted Net Neutrality – The End of Google’s Biggest Subsidy as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Attack on Gab proves speech was never free as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Joe Rogan Just Blew Up the Death Star as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted “Don't Trace Me, Bro” – Just Say No to Contact Tracing – Gold Goats 'N Guns as a story · 3 points
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