The rough sleeping problem, isn't the sleeping outdoors bit. That's the *outcome*. Herding them all into accomodation rapidly broke down, during COVID, because of the personal issues of the… (View Post)

That's pretty much what we used to do. And the initiations were so horrific that people all over the political spectrum fought to end them. In addition, modern law doesn't allow you to lock… (View Post)

In investing, you ac always lose yt=our shirt. Despite what some pricing algorithms say, there is no risk-free rate of return. There are many, many examples of companies that emerged from bankruptcy,… (View Post)

Bankruptcy has been a thing in laws for centuries. Trying to demand protection from it is comic relief. The political pressures not to let this happen are interesting. And worthy of study. (View Post)

Sigh. Bankruptcy doesn’t mean the company going out of business. There is actually provision for this. The ones that are collapsing, such as Thames Water, have taken on vast debt, which they are stru… (View Post)