Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@kedseconomist.com would like to see Congress make economic policy the old-fashioned way -- by enacting laws rather than by tax expenditures. Excellent op-ed. 2131
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's way past time for Maryland to ban non-compete employee contract non-compete clauses. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comCalifornia Knows Business-Friendly Rules Stifle InnovationCalifornia is leading a group of 12 states suing to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery Inc., claiming the deal would give the combined company unfair contr... 001
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The old SEC is dead. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comThe Supreme Court Quietly Killed SEC IndependenceWhen the Supreme Court voted narrowly to preserve the independence of the Federal Reserve at the end of June, many investors breathed a sigh of relief. It may have been premature. Because on the same ... 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Here's some rage bait. www.bloomberg.com/features/202... You're welcome.bloomberg.comWorld’s Biggest Hedge Fund Teaches the Wealthy How to Slash Taxes to ZeroCliff Asness’s AQR is riding an anti-tax wave to become the world’s biggest hedge fund. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good piece from Bloomberg's Justin Fox www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comSpeed Cameras Work, Which Is Why Motorists Hate ThemLast November, the Canadian province of Ontario banned traffic enforcement by speed camera. “Over the last few years, we’ve seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothi... 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 16/06/2026If you can't/won't attend, you can still fill out the online survey form. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Gee. Perhaps this can be done in Chevy Chase MD and Chevy Chase DC. 📚 🌆 020
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Tax code subchapter M requires investment co. s/hs to pay tax on annual capital gain distributions. This excellent Bloomberg piece explains how industry creativity + SEC action has effectively repealed subchapter M for ETFs and increasingly for mutual funds. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comThe Top 1% Reap Most From Tax Loophole Costing $48 BillionThe ETF industry is exploiting the tax break at an unprecedented scale. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Dear Montgomery County Maryland candidates for elective office. Make it easier to build housing. You can do it! 020
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The economies of some of our largest cities are down, but not out. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Bill Clinton era tax rates would solve a lot of problems (contd.) bsky.app/profile/bbko... 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026What did Billy Joel ever do to deserve all the hate that comes his way? 130
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/04/2026So *this* is why @mcdotnow.bsky.social installs curb cuts that steer people who are blind or have limited vision diagonally into the middle of intersections? @actfortransit.bsky.social 130
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It would be nice if a Montgomery County or Prince Georges County resident didn’t need a car to be able to talk in person to their state representative or staff. 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 13/03/2026@jbf1755.bsky.social Seems on-point to your History Matters discussion today. 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Georgia: Hold my beer. geology.com/county-map/g...geology.com 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 18/02/2026“The push for private assets into retirement plans is entirely supply-driven .... Sponsors, advisers and participants are not asking for it at all.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comThe 401(k) Takeover: Private Equity Muscles In on RetirementWall Street power players are squeezing into the US retirement industry. Its gatekeepers are succumbing. 130
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Thank-you for speaking up in today's Bloomberg column, "If ICE Can Kill With Impunity, the Rule of Law Is Already Gone." @noahfeldman.bsky.social 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Bloomberg columnist Aaron Brown hits it out of the park. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comGoldman’s $2 Billion ETF Deal Exposes Shareholder Blind SpotsEvery so often a story comes along that encapsulates all the reasons to be ashamed I work in finance. Don’t misunderstand. Overall, I’m moderately proud of my career and think the world might be sligh... 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/12/2025"Carspreading" -- I'm going to use that one. @actfortransit.bsky.social 042
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/11/2025REP. WAXMAN: In other words, you found that your view of the world, your ideology, was not right, it was not working? ALAN GREENSPAN: ... I was shocked, because I had been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Growing youth unemployment numbers "reveal more about the failure of employment policy than about any failure of character." Excellent column by @kedseconomist.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comThe Youth Crisis Is Really About the Rise of the NEETsThe rising unemployment rate among US workers aged 16 to 24 — it hit 10.5% in August, its highest level in a decade not counting the pandemic years — has added to the worry about the crisis of “discon... 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Looks like Atkins is aiming for G. Bradford Cook status. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...nytimes.comThe S.E.C. Dropped a Complaint Against Its Chairman’s Former Client 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Exactly. Build lots of market rate housing and give $ to people with the bottom 25% of income so they can afford it. 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Thank-you, @kedseconomist.com for the clearest explanation I've seen of why our current half-employer-based, half government provided health insurance system in unsustainable. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comVenus Williams Exposed All That’s Wrong With Health InsurancePolicymakers have made clear that rather than rock this boat, they’d prefer to wait for it to tip over on its own. 140
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 07/08/2025@justupthepike.bsky.social -- curious what you think about this take. 120
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Your Car Is Your Living Room open.substack.com/pub/thedelet...open.substack.comYour Car Is Your Living RoomAnd maybe that's the problem 010
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Took me a while to realize he is describing UK and not USA. 000
Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I guess this is worse than non-existent amphipods. bethesdamagazine.com/2016/09/29/a...bethesdamagazine.comAmphipod that Once Starred in Purple Line Lawsuit Proposed for Endangered StatusA rare shrimp-like creature believed to exist in spring water in Rock Creek Park that has been a candidate for federal protection since 2010 is moving a step closer to being listed as an endangered sp... 000