RealClearMarkets Week of January 5, 2009 Archives

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Monday, January 5
The End of Finance As We Know It
Michael Lewis & David Einhorn NYT
Originative Sin: The Future of Banking
John Plender Financial Times
Power to People: Economic Nullification
Locke Smith RealClearMarkets
How the SEC Can Prevent More Madoffs
Arthur Levitt Wall Street Journal
Madoff: Cheat, Pray and Love
James Surowiecki The New Yorker
Stimulus Is Really Only a Stopgap
Robert Samuelson Washington Post
The True Test of Democracy
Bill Frezza RealClearMarkets
Good, Bad and Ugly Ways to Raise Cash
John Wasik Bloomberg
In '09, U.S. Will Emerge As Top Dog
A. Evans-Pritchard Daily Telegraph
The Looks of a Great Depression
Paul Krugman New York Times
The Unfortunate Reality of Housing Subsidies
John Tamny Forbes
Toyota Isn't Immune From Recession
Paul Ingrassia Wall Street Journal


Tuesday, January 6
Let Private Investors Handle Bailout
Michael Brownrigg Washington Post
Banks Don't Need to Be Forced to Lend
Bert Ely Wall Street Journal
U.S. Resides In Financial Acronymia
Gerard Baker Times of London
A Stimulus That Won't Sink the U.S.
Rep. Brad Sherman CS Monitor
Treasury's Paulson Gets It Wrong
Brian Wesbury & Bob Stein Forbes
Gold Is the Only Alternative to the Dollar
David Hale Financial Times
Withdrawal Limits Will Ruin Hedge Funds
Matthew Lynn Bloomberg
Barack Obama's Outcome Tax Cuts
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
Eating Crow At a Dinner for Wall St.
Andrew Ross Sorkin New York Times
Economic Fixes and Their Tradeoffs
Irwin Kellner MarketWatch
Jaguar: A Cautionary Tale for GM/Chrysler Buyers
John Tamny RCM
Trade Risks Come With Auto Bailouts
Terence Corcoran National Post


Wednesday, January 7
Do-Or-Die Time for the World's Economies
Martin Wolf Financial Times
A Page From the Hoover Playbook
Harold Meyerson Washington Post
Are Tax Revolts a Thing of the Past?
Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets
Seeing Through the Tax Cut Mirage
Peter Ferrara American Spectator
Sheila Might Be Obama's Liberal Bair
Clay Risen The New Republic
Ever Shifting Economic Sentiment
Caroline Baum Bloomberg
Buffett's Rules for Smart & Savvy Investing
Michael Brush MSNMoney
Chavez, Joe Kennedy and Cheap Oil
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
Ian Austen New York Times
The Rich Versus the Politicians
Walter Williams Washington Times
Let's Stop the Reform-Industrial Complex
Jerry Bowyer Forbes
The Mad Men of Madoff's World
Holman Jenkins Wall Street Journal


Thursday, January 8
Down Economies, Rising Crime? Think Again
James Q. Wilson LA Times
Why Do Failed Financiers Commit Suicide?
Michael Lewis Bloomberg
Punishing the Victims of the Financial Crisis
Joseph Calhoun RCM
Punish Savers and Make Them Spend
Anatole Kaletsky Times of London
A Look Ahead: 2009 Will Be Very, Very Bleak
Nouriel Roubini Forbes
Investing In a Public/Private World
Mohamed El-Erian Financial Times
Six Basic Lessons for Investors
John Bogle Wall Street Journal
Hot Under the White Collar
Angela Valdez The New Republic
Bailouts An End Run On the Treasury
George Will Washington Post
China Losing Taste for Debt From U.S.
Keith Bradsher New York Times
The Misleading Nature of Government Statistics
John Tamny RCM
What If the New York Times Goes Bankrupt?
Michael Hirschorn Atlantic


Friday, January 9
Andrew Mellon vs. Bailout Nation
Bill Gross Pimco Asset Management
Bankruptcy Rules Thwart the Recovery
Carl Icahn Wall Street Journal
Obama Employs His Version of Reagan
Larry Kudlow RealClearMarkets
No, Obama's Recovery Plan Falls Short
Paul Krugman New York Times
Spending Is the Wrong Economic Solution
J.D. Foster New York Post
Obama Doesn't Realize How Bad Things Are
John Judis The New Republic
To Recover, U.S. Needs Euro Stimulus Too
Gerard Baker Times of London
The Federal Department of Recovery
Robert Tracinski RealClearMarkets
Can Labor Revive the American Dream?
Esther Kaplan The Nation
Can Social Security Get a New Deal?
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
Present-Day Pitfalls and Lessons From the Past
Bruce Bartlett Forbes
Before Madoff, Affinity Fraud Was Common
Amity Shlaes Bloomberg
Saturday, January 10
California's Gold Rush Is Reversed
Devin Nunes Wall Street Journal
In India, Crisis Pairs With Fraud at Satyam
Joe Nocera New York Times
The Real Bernard Madoff Game
Terence Corcoran National Post
China Risks Madoff Treasury Treatment
William Pesek Bloomberg
What Big Three? Ford Adopts Scrappy Image
David Kiley Business Week
The Recession's Culture War
John Willman Financial Times
The Failure of Our 401(k)s
Tim Rutten Los Angeles Times
James Grant: Reports From the Tranches
Michael Thomas Forbes
Carbon Tax: The Lesser Of Two Evils
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
Industry Recoils at Citi's Deal
Merle & Mandelbaum Washington Post
Why Barack Obama's 'Tax Cuts' Won't Work
Alex Brill The American
Priming the Economic Stimulus Pump
Nicholas Von Hoffman The Nation
Monday, January 12
Memo to the Banks: Start Lending or Else
David Smick Washington Post
No Doubt the GOP Would Raise Taxes Too
Matt Miller Wall Street Journal
Less Tax Cuts, More Government Investment
Paul Krugman NY Times
Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Is Road to Ruin
Kevin Hassett Bloomberg
Hedge Fund Crisis of '08 Was Deja Vu
James Mackintosh Financial Times
Massive Forces Cloud Market Outlook
Bill Fleckenstein MSN Money
Bonds Are Accident Waiting to Happen
A. Evans-Pritchard Telegraph
Was the Latest Rally a Head Fake?
Jacqueline Thorpe National Post
Finance Scoundrels Have Little to Fear
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times
Mark-to-Market's Impact On Portfolios
Vanessa Drucker Wealth Manager
When Americans Save, They Are Stimulating
John Tamny Forbes
$1 Trillion Package Is the New Billion
Irwin Stelzer Times of London


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