September 18, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Wednesday, September 19

It's More Than Faster Phones: The Life-Changing Potential of 5G

Gary Shapiro, RCM

Immigration: How America Will Win a Global War For Talent

Rob Bernshteyn, Fortune

Burying Our Heads In the Sand About the Debt

Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn, Spectator

Scrap the Federal Gas Tax In Favor of Voluntary One

Beau Brunson, RealClearMarkets

Central Bankers Planted Seeds for the Next Downturn

Ruchir Sharma, New York Times

How the Recession Changed Way Millennials Live, Work & Date

Liz Wolfe, Playboy

Stock-Market Indicator That Is Year 2000 Kind of Inflated

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

How to Get On Ret. Track If You Regret Not Saving Enough

Robert Powell, USA Today

Cuba, and the Multi-Decade Failure of Economic Sanctions

Daniel Savickas, RCM

Redstone Family Legal Drama May Be About to Explode

William Cohan, Vanity Fair

CA's Fuel Economy Power Grab Is Hijacking American Car

Ken Cuccinelli, RCEnergy

Trade War Escalates. Markets Shrug. Here's Why.

Phillips, Ewing and Stevenson, NYT

China Tariff List: Gut Punch for U.S. Carmakers

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press

Trump's Latest Tariffs Sound Like a Lot; They're Really Not

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

Peter Navarro: The Man Behind President Trump's Tariffs

Pierre Lemieux, Regulation

Tuesday, September 18

Are You Really In Favor of Socialism? Probably Not

Robert Robb, The Arizona Republic

Books That Will Aid Your Understanding of Banking, Bank Crises

Paul Kupiec, RCM

Thoughts on Biggest Lesson Investors Should Learn from 2008

Howard Gold, MW

Despite What Pundits Say, There's No Such Thing As Govt Money

John Tamny, RCM

EM Declines May Be Part of a Bigger Story About USD

Seth Levine, Integrating Investor

How Congress Can Aid Those Who Lack Retirement Savings

Karl Polzer, Examiner

After Fetching a High Price, Time Magazine Moves Into New Era

Edmund Lee, NYT

Why Technology Start-Ups Are Beginning to Leave Silicon Valley

The Economist

The Most Surprising Social Security Benefits Than You Can Get

Dan Caplinger, MF

Trump Should Get Econ Credit While Being Honest About It

Jordan Weissmann, Slate

Why President Trump's Tariffs Are the Right Thing to Do

Gordon Chang, Fox News

Trump's Trade War Is Hurting U.S. Businesses and Workers

Steve Chapman, Reason

On Trade, Trump Has Thus Far Proven Unskilled at Negotiating

Colin Grabow, Hill

The Greatest Service Economists Perform

Donald Boudreaux, Am Inst for Econ. Research

Monday, September 17

Mark Zuckerberg Faces Reckoning With Power Of Big Tech

Evan Osnos, New Yorker

The Apple Watch Will Save Countless Lives, Lots of Money Too

Marc Siegel, The Hill

Digital Technology Clarifies Conflict Over Future of U.S.

James Poulos, Law & Liberty

Investors Starting to Show Signs of Irrational Exuberance

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

You Need Time, Not Perfect Timing, To Thrive In the Markets

Ken Fisher, USA Today

Asset Classes That May Have Hit Their Post-'08 Peak

Paul Sullivan, New York Times

Solar and Wind Mandates Tax the Poor, Middle Class

Steve Moore, Washington Times

By Giving Volcker Credit, Reaganites Besmirch Ronald Reagan

John Tamny, Forbes

Constitution Day Call to Strengthen Copyright Laws

Randolph May & Seth Cooper, RCM

The Absolute Shamelessness of Les Moonves

L. Brent Bozell & Tim Graham, Investor's

Why Nike Is Winning the Colin Kaepernick Wars

David French, National Review Online

How to Protect Finance Without Rewarding Error?

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Bernanke, Geithner Are Acting Like They're Heroes

Jonathon Trugman, New York Post

2008: What We Should Have Learned

Carmen Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart, Foreign Affairs

Forget the Statistics, We Haven't Recovered from '08

David Leonhardt, New York Times

Saturday, September 15

I Worked at Lehman Brothers, and Feel Street Needs More Rules

Morris Pearl, USAT

The 'Crisis' Was Gov't Intervention: John Tamny Talks 2008

Rachelle Akuffo, CGTV

The Great Financial Crisis: 10 Years Ago This Week

Brad McMillan, Commonwealth

Small Investors Are Prey, Again, For the Wolves of Wall Street

Susan Antilla, NYT

Middle-Class Earnings Expose 'Hobgoblin' of Income Inequality

Mark Perry, FEE

The Looming Battle For the Soul of U.S. Economic Policy

Oren Cass, City Journal

China Could Withstand Trade War Far Longer Than Trump Thinks

David Lynch, WP

Correcting the Big Lie About 'Excessive' CEO Pay

Editorial, Investor's Business Daily

A Prophetic Book About the Certain Limits of a College Degree

The 100 Cities In the United States With the Highest Rents

Paul Katzeff, Investor's

Parable of the Rich Fool: Was He a Farmer or Actual Ruler?

Jerry Bowyer, Town Hall

How NFL Could Fight Kaepernick's Collusion Claim

Michael McCann, Sports Illustrated

Friday, September 14

This Economy Is Definitely Not Mr. Obama's Recovery

Stephen Moore, New York Post

The Recovery Threw the Middle-Class Dream Under a Benz

Nelson Schwartz, NYT

The End of Work: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job

Steve Forbes, Forbes

The Global Economy Hasn't Recovered Since Lehman

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

No Other Country's Markets Come Anywhere Close to Ours

Kenneth Bentsen, USAT

Don't Ignore the Role of Mark-to-Market In the '08 Meltdown

Michael Cannivet, RCM

America Loves Capitalists. Why Not More Billionaire Candidates?

Is Rich and Unequal California a Good Role Model?

Thomas Edsall, New York Times

Jesus vs. Crony Capitalism: Political Economy Is Not New

Jerry Bowyer, Town Hall

How to Protect Your Portfolio Ahead Of A Market Correction

Paul Katzeff, Investor's

Verizon's 5G Home Launch Just Wrecked Case for Net Neutrality

Editorial, Investor's

New Apple iPhones Are Big So You Won't Put Them Down

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic

Fortune of Jeff Bezos Growing Faster Than He Can Give It Away

Brett Arends, MW

Geoffrey Owens Is Very Correct: Work is Never Meaningless.

Barry Brownstein, FEE

Greek Economic Recovery Has Nothing to Do With Odysseus

Alexis Papazoglou, TNR

Thursday, September 13

We Can't Ignore Lousy Choices That Lead to Poverty

Kevin Williamson, National Review

Congress Should Move Poor Families to Healthier Neighborhoods

What We Talk About When We Actually Talk About Socialism

Nick Gillespie, Reason

To 'Counter' China's Growing Might, the U.S. Wastes $60 Billion

John Tamny, RCM

Seventeen Years After the Enron, Jeff Skilling Returns

Mimi Swartz, Texas Monthly

Leslie Moonves's Actions May Have Taken a Greater Toll

Spencer Kornhaber, Atlantic

How CryptoMoney Will Grow Into Institutional Asset Class

Salil Deshpande, Fortune

In 2008, the Housing Mania Burst All Over Reality TV

Steven Kurutz, New York Times

The French Plan to Fix Inequality By Simply Ignoring It

Jess McHugh, New Republic

Why Africa Has Just One Profitable Airline

Stacy Ndlovu, Fdn. for Economic Education

Donald Trump Gets What Obama Failed to Grasp About Economy

Liz Peek, The Hill

A Chaotic Trade War Is Punishing U.S. Boating Industry

Nicole Vasilaros, Investor's

Never Been Unpopular President With Economy This Good

Tanzi & Miller, Bloomberg

Sen. Warren's Grandstanding Threatens Liberty & Prosperity

Richard Epstein, Hoover

Wednesday, September 12

Sorry Barack Obama, It's Donald Trump's Economic Boom, Not Yours

Trump Wants to Own This Economy. He Might Regret That

Michael Strain, Bloomberg

Despite What Americans Believe, Jobs Not Poverty Solution

Matthew Desmond, NYT

It's Time for Elon Musk to Channel His Inner Tony Stark

A.J. Rice, RealClearMarkets

Lehman Could Have Been Avoided: Int. w/Laurence Ball

Christoph Gisiger, Finanz Und

Lehman Brothers Was Trivial, & More Symptom Than Cause

Stephen Kirchner, ABC

There's No Need for Gov't to Manage Our International Trade

Donald Boudreaux, PTR

Economic Consequences of Tim Geithner's Obama Resistance

David Dayen, TNR

No Female Board Members? CA Wants to Fine You

Jena McGregor, Washington Post

Martin Act Gives New York Politicians Way Too Much Nat'l Power

Jeff Patch, RCM

Don't Retire Super Early, Even If You're Able To Retire

Alessandra Malito, MarketWatch

From Cornerstone to Skyscraper: One World Trade Center

Alan Taylor, The Atlantic

Don't Fear Amazon's Large Profits, Fear Its Predatory Nature

Robert Engel, The Hill

Real Republicans Would Reject Trump's War on Big Technology

Editorial, USA Today

Tuesday, September 11

A Financial Crisis Still Resonates Ten Years Later

Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times

Don't Be Silly, There Was Nothing "Financial" About the '08 Crisis

John Tamny, RCM

Labor Department's Seasonal Job Rejiggering Doesn't Compute

John Crudele, NYP

Latest Market Rally Shows Perils of Thinking Too Much

Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic

GS Partner Blows Whistle, Then He's Gone

Emily Flitter, Kate Kelly & David Enrich, NYT

Wise Steps to Pump Up Your Retirement Nest Egg

Paul Katzeff, Investor's Business

If You Bet Against the Trump Economy, You Lost Big

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Obama Just Bear-Hugged Bernie Sanders' Agenda, No One Noticed

GOP Tries to Tighten Screws on Dems w/Tax Reform 2.0

Chris William Sanchirico, Hill

The Myth About Chief Executives, and Any 'Work/Life' Balance

Amy Nelson, Forbes

3 Burning Questions about Political Economy

Donald Boudreaux, Am. Inst. for Econ. Res.

Most Ambitious Climate Change Plan In History

Janet Yellen & Ted Halstead, Fortune

With Kaepernick Ad, Nike Sets Trap For More Than Itself

Kyle Smith, National Review

The Most Revealing Quotes from a Big Mark Zuckerberg Profile

Alexis Madrigal, TA

Michael Anton Writes Nice Travelogue, Nothing Else

James Pethokoukis, Law & Liberty

Monday, September 10

Ten Years After Crash, the Real Lessons Of Lehman For Investors

Ken Fisher, USAT

Feds Haven't Done What's Needed to Prevent Next Bailout

Charles Gasparino, NYP

U.S. Economy Remains Vulnerable to Another Bust

Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post

Mid-1990s Moment for Economy? Reasons for Optimism

Neil Irwin, New York Times

As the Trump Economy Booms, His Critics Express Derangement

Steve Moore, WT

Don't Buy White House's Wage Claims Under Trump

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

Why Great Economic News for American Workers Should Continue

Don't Let Alarmists Fool You, Millennials Don't Love Socialism

John Tamny, Forbes

New Fear for Investors as EM Stocks Hit Bear Territory

Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch

The Financial Goals to Reach If You Want to Retire Early

Katie Brockman, Motley Fool

Where's the Market In 2018 for Hugh Hefner's 1970s Kitsch?

Kevin Williamson, NRO

Mystery of Amazon HQ2 Has Finalists Seeing Clues Everywhere

Karen Weise, NYT

Nike's Kaepernick Ad Was Cold and Calculated

Angela Morabito, Washington Examiner

Nike's Kaepernick Ad Campaign Is Beyond Idiotic

L. Brent Bozell, Tim Graham, Investor's