finance

How plausible is the following scenario: Whatever caused the initial stall in home prices in 2006 happens 6 months earlier. This early weakness leads to Harold Ford inching out a victory in the 2006 Tennessee Senate Race and an additional 10 democratic house seats. This gives the democrats a...

The question is in the title really. We live in an era of fast change, where exponential growth is the norm, where each new day brings massive new discoveries and advancements in science and industry. As I understand it, this is because of the industrial and scientific revolutions right? This...

I know anything could be technically become one or the other but in your opinion what are some examples of plausible mainstream alternatives? This includes a transformative take on existing major categories (a reinterpretation of real estate, bonds or stocks, etc). This is partially inspired by...

So there were a couple interesting posts over in this thread: So let's assume that things go as per OTL up to the point where the US decided to enter, and in TTL, the US stays out. Let's say there's no Zimmerman Telegram and that this is enough to make Wilson do his utmost to keep his...

How would the finances of the HRE look like without Spain in the picture, would the Hapsburgs be stuck with the ginormous fines of OTL or would it be more manageable.

As the title says. Say the bubble never occurs or if it does, isn't half as ruinous as it was when it bursts. How would this affect both short term and long term?

In a treatise Ways and Means by Xenophon (yes, that Xenophon, of the Ten Thousand) from 354 BC, he suggested a joint-stock bank for Athens. He proposed that by lending from the public stock, encouraging commercial enterprises and enacting fair regulations, it would be possible to raise...