Pull My Frank

Francis Arthur Norton IV

"A lifetime of global observation grounded locally in the colloquialisms of central North Carolina"

Vol. XLVII • No. 2,847 • Siler City, North Carolina • • Price: Free (as in speech)
Santiago Rey

Santiago Rey

@santiago_rey

Montevideo, Uruguay

Member since November 2025
Economist by training, mate-drinker by religion. Montevideo and Chatham County are both small places convinced the world is missing something by ignoring them. They are both right.
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
  • The Spreadsheet and the Sweet Tea Oct 14, 2026
    As an economist I am obligated to defend the spreadsheet and as a Uruguayan I am obligated to defend the mate, which is our tea. The mate wins. It always wins. We just do not write it down.
  • The Currency of Nonsense Mar 3, 2026
    Your mechanic asked the only honest question in modern finance: if you cannot hold it, is it real? In Uruguay we have held several currencies that turned out not to be real while we were holding…

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