Yakov Feygin
@buddyyakov.bsky.social
Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
Aka give it to other crooks.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Aka give it to other crooks.
Yeah but crooks are the ones that will do weird active management schemes.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Yeah but crooks are the ones that will do weird active management schemes.
It’s a part of a kind of business and Epstein was its highest practitioner. Make guys with money feel special and take fees. His academic contacts were the same thing as having willing models and victims around.
February 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
It’s a part of a kind of business and Epstein was its highest practitioner. Make guys with money feel special and take fees. His academic contacts were the same thing as having willing models and victims around.
It is stupid how rich you can get spitting out bullshit like this while not beating the index.
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It is stupid how rich you can get spitting out bullshit like this while not beating the index.
It boggles my mind how insanely detached from reality all these rich jet set guys are.
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
It boggles my mind how insanely detached from reality all these rich jet set guys are.
You described my ex.
February 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
You described my ex.
She’s also been responding to pressure and should be rewarded.
February 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
She’s also been responding to pressure and should be rewarded.
Was just thinking this schlepping to my hotel from the nearest metro.
February 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Was just thinking this schlepping to my hotel from the nearest metro.
Ohh god they’ll terrorize committees .
February 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Ohh god they’ll terrorize committees .
Broke abolish ice
Woke ice jurisdiction now ice caps
Woke ice jurisdiction now ice caps
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Broke abolish ice
Woke ice jurisdiction now ice caps
Woke ice jurisdiction now ice caps
Ohh boy do I have some ideas to solve some so called critical minerals problems.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Ohh boy do I have some ideas to solve some so called critical minerals problems.
So ironically it will take the state imposing it and creating it, or markets will find their desired dominant currency out of convenience.
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
So ironically it will take the state imposing it and creating it, or markets will find their desired dominant currency out of convenience.
I don’t disagree that it would be nice. I just disagree that it would work ex some major change to the logic of capitalism. The coda being that if the logic of capitalism does adapt then we’ll be in the world of the 19th century and its horror business cycle.
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I don’t disagree that it would be nice. I just disagree that it would work ex some major change to the logic of capitalism. The coda being that if the logic of capitalism does adapt then we’ll be in the world of the 19th century and its horror business cycle.