There is virtually universal agreement that our nation’s infrastructure is in poor condition resulting in lost economic opportunity as well as potential risk to life and limb. Yet, for a variety of structural, political, and economic reasons, we have been unable to deal...
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The end of a decade seemed to us like an opportune time to review our fundamental investment beliefs. While the last two years have seen the market focused on U.S. growth stocks regardless of the price, we still believe that diversifying our exposures...
In August of 2019, we published a paper called Let’s Get Real that pointed out that long term economic growth is equal to the sum of population growth and increases in output per hour worked, otherwise known as productivity growth. Over the past...
In simple terms, a trust is a legal structure created by a grantor/settlor that vests legal title to assets in one party, i.e. the trustee, to manage the assets of the trust for the benefit of others, i.e. the beneficiaries. The grantor/settlor of the trust transfers property to the trustee either during...
In 2018, we published a paper called Longevity: Trends and Challenges that discussed the long term increase in life expectancy in the U.S. but cautioned that it had plateaued in recent years and actually declined in 2015 and 2016. This week, the Journal...
I would forgive the reader of this for not knowing what Modern Monetary Theory (“MMT”) is or even why I would be writing about it. Theories about economies and how they do or should work are much more complex than the basic macroeconomics...