RealClearMarkets: May 8, 2008 Archives

May 8, 2008 Archives

Oil in the Family: 3 Generations of Hunts - Alan Peppard, Vanity Fair
The 18 Cent Solution - Bryan Caplan, New York Times
MSFT/YHOO, and Regulating the Past - Ronald Cass, Wall Street Journal
U.S. Infrastructure Has 3rd World Feel - John Gapper, Financial Times
Rebuild That Banking Wall - George Lesser, Washington Times
Gordon Brown Drives Out Cash & People - Madsen Pirie, Daily Telegraph
An End to the Economy's Nose Dive? - Jon Markman, MSNMoney
Rice Rally Warns of Things to Come - David Callaway, MarketWatch
The Glass Ceiling Is In Women's Heads - Camilla Cavendish, Times of London
In India, Death to Global Business - Manjeet Kripalani, BusinessWeek
Blocking Foreign Investment is Bad - Sean Silcoff, National Post
China Equities Have Bottomed - Donald Straszheim, Forbes

Ethical Finance Standards Must Be Restored - E. de Rothschild, Fncl Times
Silver Lining in High Food Prices - Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate
Ethanol Fantasy Fuels a Food-Price Nightmare - John Berry, Bloomberg
Turning Casual Jobs Into Lasting Careers - Robert Kuttner, Am. Prospect
The House-Price Bust Has A Long Way To Go - The Economist
Discussing the Dreaded 'R' Word - Evan Sparks, The American
Overseas Opportunities Abound for Private Equity - Knowledge@Wharton

Productivity Analysis -- Q1 2008 - Barry Ritholtz, Big Picture
Six Things I'm Sure Of About Cap. Gains Taxes - J. Fox, Curious Capitalist
Why Did the Mortgage Crisis Happen, Part 2 - Bill Conerly, Businomics
FNM Inadvertently Predicts Housing Bottom - Kevin Depew, Minyanville

Merrill's John Thain on the Credit Crunch - Latha Venkatesh, CNBC
Soros Says Acute Phase Of Crisis Is 'Largely Behind Us' - Bloomberg
What To Do With 'Underwater' Homeowners? - David Wessel, WSJ
The Relationship Between Oil and the Euro - John Authers, FT

The Economics of Naked Short Selling - Culp & Heaton, Regulation
Implications of Fed Making Interest Payments - Marc Chandler, BBH
Turmoil & Risk Peaked in March - Berner & Greenlaw, Morgan Stanley
Non-Farm Productivity Stronger Than Expected - Bear Stearns