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How Do You Know So Much? I Read Big Rob on RealClearMarkets

Rob Smith, RCM

Debt Deal Reminds Us GOP Doesn't Care Abt. Policy

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Despite Incentives, Americans Aren't Keen to Buy EVs

Terry Jones, Issues & Insights

The Crisis Is Over for Now, But the Debt Ceiling Needs to Go

Steve Benen, MSNBC

'Succession' and 'Peak TV' Mock All the Social Media Nailbiting

John Tamny, RCM

How Hollywood Is Staring Down the Barrel Of a Triple Strike

Alissa Wilkinson, Vox

Thoughts About Adam Smith On His 300th Birthday

David Bahnsen, National Review

There's No Upper Limit To How Much We Can Achieve

Saul Zimet, HumanProgress

Are the British Handling Lina Khan's Dirty Work?

Norm Singleton, RealClearMarkets

Diversifying to Keep Pace With Evolving World

Scott Ward, U.S. News & World Report

Foreign Investors Capitalize on U.S. Real Estate Dislocation

Duggan Flanakin, RCM

America Is a Land Of Opportunity, Not Land of Oppression

Sen. Tim Scott, Fox News

PM Update

Where Is the Line Between Ethical & Unethical Investing?

John Rekenthaler, MStar

The Treasury Paradox

Jeff Sommer, The New York Times

The Leak That Has Big Tech and Regulators Panicked

Bruce Schneier, Slate

5 Successful Global Chinese Companies You Don't Know

Yi-Ling Liu, Rest of World

Change Your Perspective

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

Public Housing Isn’t the Solution To Housing Shortage

Eric Kober, City Journal

A Japanese Solution to 'Quiet Quitting'

Louis Blatt, Quartz

Semi-Retirees Understand the Real Key to Work-life Balance

Kate Cray, The Atlantic

More and more older adults are working—in large part because they want to. Read More

IRS Funding Battle: Microcosm Of a New Class War

Tim Carney, Washington Examiner

Putting more tax police on the proverbial streets has been a top priority of the Biden White House and congressional Democrats. Republicans... Read More

Air Travel May Grow Even More Miserable? Here’s Why.

Bill Saporito, New York Times

The looming headache of this summer’s travel season only strengthens the argument against the JetBlue/Spirit merger. Read More

Success Could Ironically Be What Is Holding Lebanon Back

Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Hill

For the moment, they seem too busy earning a living to take up the fight again. Read More

The GOP Created ‘Chair Bernanke,’ And the Internet Is Forever.

John Tamny, Forbes

Elevated to a spot where he could actually do serious economic damage. Read More

1 Mth. After First Republic, Fed Borrowing Is Quiet

Market Minder, Fisher Investments

Fed borrowing was flat last week. Read More

Spurious Efficiency of Dishwashers

James Hanley, Am. Institute for Economic Research

"To economists, labor is a resource that is to be used efficiently, just like any other resource." ~ James Hanley Read More

Digital Platform Commission: A 'Cure' Worse Than the Disease

Randolph May, RCM

I'll stipulate at the outset that certain information found on the Internet properly may be designated "misinformation" or "disinformation,"... Read More

With Gov't Spending, Nothing Ever Changes

Harold Furchtgott-Roth & Kirk Arner, RCM

The House recently passed a bill, dubbed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, that will stave off the current debt ceiling crisis and, per the... Read More

How the Medical Industry Burned Trust Capital

Robert Blumen, Brownstone Institute

Reputation and trust is like capital. Opinions peers and customers have about a person, institution or business is earned over time, honesty,... Read More

A Supreme Court Case That Could Take Down DEI

Charles Gasparino, New York Post

The $10 billion “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” industry could take a hit if the Supreme Court rules against affirmative action for... Read More

How Global Warming Is Rendering Parts of the U.S. Uninsurable

Umair Irfan, Vox

"We’re steadily marching toward an uninsurable future." Read More

Right-Wing Haters Rely on Cowardice Like Target's

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

When anti-LGBTQ+ activists went after Target for selling Pride merchandise, they guessed the company would cave. They were right. Read More

How Different Companies Have Handled LGBTQ Backlash

Justin Klawans, The Week

Some brands have backed away from inclusive initiatives, fearful of conservative backlash, while others have stood their ground Read More

Off The Street

Money & A Good Economy Can't Buy Happiness

Felix Salmon, Axios

Americans are not happy with the economy. Which is weird, given that it is doing just fine. Read More

"It's Only 5 Stocks" LOL

J.C. Parets, All Star Charts

Last year they would complain that the biggest growth stocks were not participating in the stock market rally. This year they’re... Read More

Paying Attention

Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund

Deciding what to pay attention to is hard. Read More

The Central Bank Word du Jour Is...Skip

Robin Wigglesworth, FT Alphaville

We've gone from pivot to pause to skip Read More

Demand For Heat Pumps Is 'Exploding'

Chris Baraniuk, BBC News

Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps. Read More

Can the Shingles Vaccine Prevent Dementia?

Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution

A new paper provides good evidence that the shingles vaccine can prevent dementia, which strongly suggests that some forms of dementia are... Read More

How I Learned To Love ChatGPT

Harry McCracken, Fast Company

I still have my doubts about many of the ways people are using OpenAI’s chatbot. But little by little, I’ve figured out how to... Read More

Research Reports

May Employment As the 'Yes, But' Report

Richard Moody, Regions Bank

Looking For a Choppy Grind Higher

Binky Chadha, Deutsche Bank Group

Needed Context for China’s ‘Disappointing’ Data

Market Minder, Fisher Investments

The latest Purchasing Managers’ Indexes match the long-term trend. Read More

ISM Manufacturing: Another Tough Month

Richard Moody, Regions Bank

Never Have So Many Yearned For a Bad Jobs Report

Richard Moody, Regions Bank

Markets Sense Inflation Clock Is Running

Matthew Luzzetti, Deutsche Bank Group

The Debt-Ceiling Charade

Richard Salsman, InterMarket Forecasting Inc.

Jobs and the Economy: Federalism in Action

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As Ohio’s budget moves from the Ohio House to the Ohio Senate, The Buckeye Institute urged senators to enact reforms that will further expand school c...