# debt crisis (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover debt crisis. Page: Feed: --- ## [Where Convention of States Shines](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/where-convention-of-states-shines) _2026-08-17 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Convention of States’ mission is to secure ratification of amendments pertaining to three subjects: federal fiscal restraints, term limits for members of Congress and federal officials, and limits on federal power. ## [The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/the-coming-sovereign-debt-crisis) _2026-08-15 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ Why the Global Monetary System Will Fracture Within the Next Decade ## [The Mecca Accord](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/the-mecca-accord) _2026-08-09 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ Israeli-Turkish Tensions, and the Consolidation of a Post-American Middle East ## [How the International Monetary Fund Strangles Africa](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/how-the-international-monetary-fund) _2026-08-04 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ Why African countries keep returning to Washington — a conversation on Hot FM Zambia ## [The End of American Hegemony (in the Middle East)](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/the-erosion-of-american-hegemony) _2026-08-02 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ Long-Term Consequences of the 2026 Iran Conflict ## [Another American Promise amending win](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/another-american-promise-amending) _2026-08-01 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Shaping AI-generated information space ## [AI Agents Don't Break Your APIs - They Just Stop Compensating for Your Docs](https://netapinotes.com/ai-agents-dont-break-your-apis-they-just-stop-compensating-for-your-docs/) _2026-07-30 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Your mature, production APIs aren't actually well-documented. Chances are your human devs have gotten good at compensating for what the docs fail to say. And AI knows it. Net API Notes for 2026/07/30, Issue 261 ## [When Will China Dump Putin?](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/when-will-china-dump-putin) _2026-07-26 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ The hidden limits of the “no limits” alliance in the coming global reset ## [Article V Litigation: Skeptics’ Top 2 Reservations](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/article-v-litigation-skeptics-top) _2026-07-25 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ And how to address them ## [Lessons from the Swiss Debt Brake](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-swiss-debt-brake) _2026-07-19 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Lower inflation, lower interest rates, maybe better healthcare ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RFm8lU3XeHUN) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Q2 Amending Updates: Organizational Collaboration Is Bearing Fruit](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/q2-amending-updates-organizational) _2026-07-11 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Debt Default Clock Slips To 2 Minutes To Midnight ## [Iran-US deal is ‘catastrophic’ for Israel](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/iran-us-deal-is-catastrophic-for) _2026-06-27 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ Israeli poll: 90% say Iran won the War ## [State Finances Will Bear the Brunt of a Fiscal Meltdown](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/state-finances-will-bear-the-brunt) _2026-06-27 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Imperative #5: litigation to enforce Article V ## [Top Four Reasons States Must Litigate To Enforce Article V](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/top-four-reasons-states-must-litigate) _2026-06-20 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ A national hero will emerge ## [Breaking: Tom Barrett (R-MI) Sponsors Campaign Money Amendment](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/breaking-tom-barrett-r-mi-sponsors) _2026-06-13 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Federal debt plus unfunded liabilities hit record $111 trillion ## [Poking the Bear](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/poking-the-bear) _2026-06-06 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ When will Russia start to hit back at the West? ## [Work Sucks](https://netapinotes.com/work-sucks/) _2026-06-05 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ AI is being sold as relief from impossible productivity demands, but in exhausted software organizations it often deepens the problems it claims to solve. Craft to throughput, SaaS to org dependency, and work into value extraction - is this what we want? Net API Notes for 2026/06/05, Issue 260 ## [AEI Debt Crisis Forum Highlights](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/aei-debt-crisis-forum-highlights) _2026-06-04 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Consensus Emerges: Amendment Needed & States Must Lead ## [June 3 AEI Event Mainstreams State Amending Power](https://jimrubens.substack.com/p/june-3-aei-event-mainstreams-state) _2026-05-30 · Jim Rubens · Inside Amending_ Now, persuade our wise heads to talk enforcement ## [The End of American Hegemony](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/the-end-of-american-hegemony) _2026-05-24 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ A Neoconservative’s Confirmation of the Big Reset Thesis ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2DJLjVKoMTPy) _2026-05-24 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [The Looming Sovereign Debt Crisis](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/the-looming-sovereign-debt-crisis) _2026-05-18 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ From Bond Yield Surges to the Inevitable Monetary Reset ## [From Shared Knowledge to Private Answers](https://netapinotes.com/from-shared-knowledge-to-private-answers/) _2026-04-30 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Stack Overflow turned programming into a shared conversation. AI turns it into a private loop. The answers are faster and more tailored—but something essential may be getting lost in the process. Net API Notes for 2026/04/30, Issue 259. ## [Why hasn’t Trump declared Victory?](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/why-hasnt-trump-declared-victory) _2026-04-17 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ The Real Story Behind the 2026 Iran Ceasefire: America’s Costly Win and the Strait That Changed Everything ## [Resource Wars and the Accelerating Big Reset](https://wmiddelkoop.substack.com/p/resource-wars-and-the-accelerating) _2026-04-04 · Willem Middelkoop · w middelkoop_ How Recent Conflicts Reveal the True Battle for Commodities, and the End of Dollar Hegemony ## [The Coming Cognitive Debt Crisis](https://netapinotes.com/the-coming-cognitive-debt-crisis/) _2026-03-17 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Progress in any craft rarely looks like a revolution. Progress happens when we stop demanding adherence and start talking about what we owe each other. It’s lonely work, and one made harder by the coming cognitive debt crisis. Net API Notes for 2026/03/17, Issue 258. ## [Accountability, APIs, and the United States of Surveillance](https://netapinotes.com/accountability-apis-and-the-united-states-of-surveillance/) _2026-02-03 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ What does a license plate scan, a REST API, and a knock on someone’s door have in common? In Minneapolis, they’ve become one in the same. Net API Notes for 2026/02/03, Issue 257. ## [Zambia ditches the IMF...for now](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/zambia-ditches-the-imffor-now) _2026-01-08 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ Earlier today news broke on international newswire services that the Zambian government had decided to shelve plans to extend the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility which has been in effect since October 2022 ## [Getting the "Right" API Standards](https://netapinotes.com/getting-the-right-api-standards/) _2025-12-16 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ API leaders will chase a "definitive" standards policy but software systems behave like coastlines: the closer you look, the more edges appear. This edition shows how "complete" standards backfire and why healthier practice starts by choosing a useful scale. Net API Notes for 2025/12/16, Issue 256 ## [The API Program is a Club, Not a Catalog](https://netapinotes.com/the-api-program-is-a-club-not-a-catalog/) _2025-11-18 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Most API programs don’t fail for lack of standards; they fade from lack of belonging. In this edition, I explain why sustaining API community engagement takes more than process and policy. Turn a calendar invite into a calling. Net API Notes for 2025/11/18, Issue 255 ## [The Perils of Platforms Becoming Plumbing](https://netapinotes.com/the-perils-of-platforms-becoming-plumbing/) _2025-09-30 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ This year, the rash of cost optimization and benefit rationalization conversations happening across industries has platform owners on their heels. So I made a presentation about it. ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2qsT626Toffv) _2025-09-30 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [Standards Evangelization Isn't Optional](https://netapinotes.com/standards-evangelization-isnt-optional/) _2025-08-28 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Writing the API standard is the easy part. Defending it when the first tough questions hit? That’s the real test. This piece includes the story of a working group that stumbled when faced with legitimate pushback, and what they could have done instead. Net API Notes for 2025/08/28, Issue 254 ## [On Zambia's cost of living crisis (Guest Post)](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/on-zambias-cost-of-living-crisis) _2025-08-13 · Ntazana Siame Kaulule · Africa Watch_ Survey data reveals a worrying trend in the welfare of the poorest Zambians ## [The Indie API Forecasting Your Future](https://netapinotes.com/the-indie-api-forecasting-your-future/) _2025-07-29 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Dark Sky is gone. NOAA continues to be cut. And yet, one guy rebuilt a weather API used by 40K+ devs & 80M+ requests/month \*in his spare time\*. This is a story about resilience, infrastructure, and kindness as punk rock. Net API Notes for 2025/07/15, Issue 253 ## [APIs Aren't Pipes (and That's a Good Thing)](https://netapinotes.com/apis-arent-pipes-and-thats-a-good-thing/) _2025-06-18 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Net API Notes for 2025/06/18, Issue 252 ## [Speedrun: API Governance - A TTRPG Thought Experiment](https://netapinotes.com/speedrun-api-governance-a-ttrpg-thought-experiment/) _2025-05-13 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Net API Notes for 2025/05/13, Issue 251 ## [Where are the Zhou Enlais of Africa?](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/where-are-the-zhou-enlais-of-africa) _2025-05-08 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ The life of the Chinese revolutionary and statesman holds leadership lessons for Africa ## [On MCP and Knowing When to Care](https://netapinotes.com/on-mcp-and-knowing-when-to-care/) _2025-04-29 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Net API Notes for 2025-04-29, Issue 250 ## [Making sense of Scott Bessent's critique of the IMF and World Bank](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-scott-bessents-critique) _2025-04-24 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ The US Treasury Secretary wants the IMF and World Bank to once again be singularly focussed on advancing US interests ## [Africa's membership to the World Trade Organization has been a disaster](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/africas-membership-to-the-world-trade) _2025-04-22 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ A pillar of neoliberalism has undermined Africa's ability to develop ## [Global Conjuncture and Zambia's Debt Crisis](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/global-conjuncture-and-zambias-debt) _2025-03-26 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ External factors explain the debt crisis ## [API Product Strategy: More Than Just a Feature Roadmap](https://netapinotes.com/api-product-strategy-more-than-just-a-feature-roadmap/) _2025-03-12 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Net API Notes for 2025/03/13, Issue 249 ## [Ending Aid Dependency: The Tax Edition](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/ending-aid-dependency-the-tax-edition) _2025-03-05 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ African governments should, and can, collect more in taxes ## [It's time for a Lusaka Club of Borrowers](https://gchelwa.substack.com/p/its-time-for-a-lusaka-club-of-borrowers) _2025-02-14 · Grieve Chelwa · Africa Watch_ African governments need to band together in re-negotiating sovereign debt ## [Trends Suggested by 2024 API Job Listings](https://netapinotes.com/trends-suggested-by-2024-api-job-listings/) _2025-02-11 · Matthew Reinbold · Net API Notes_ Net API Notes for 2025/02/11, Issue 248