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The Anthropology of Money, Part 1
This planet has — or rather, had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time.
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Cross Default
Much talked about, seldom seen.
Terminating a financial contract
Stepping back from the detail to take a larger view.
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Update: Cross Default is coming...
We are working away on a revised cross default page and a whole new podcast, but it is like wrestling an alligator
Automatic Early Termination
The much feared, much misunderstood, largely obsolete termination trigger that’s there to avoid ”bankruptcy shenanigans”
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