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Credit default swap is basically just an agreement that I have with you, where I sell you insurance on some bond you own. If the bond goes belly up, I promise to pay you. And as long as the bond doesn’t go belly up, you pay me for selling you insurance.

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Someone will write a resolution that says, ‘I want to exercise more,’ or ‘I want to lose 15 pounds’ – which is great, that’s a great goal to have – but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it’s much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.

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The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.

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April 25, 2024

The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.

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April 25, 2024

Someone will write a resolution that says, ‘I want to exercise more,’ or ‘I want to lose 15 pounds’ – which is great, that’s a great goal to have – but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it’s much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.

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