RealClearMarkets Week of August 6, 2012 Archives

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Monday, August 6
The Fraud That Was Friday's Jobless Report
John Crudele New York Post
Use and Abuse of the Unemployment Rate
Alfred Tella RealClearMarkets
The Markets Always Overhype Jobless Numbers
Michael Santoli Barron's
Obama's Recovery & Unicorns: Mythical Creatures
Louis Woodhill RCM
Generation Squeezed: A Bleak Future
Robert Samuelson Washington Post
No More Quick Solutions For the U.S. Economy
Guy Sorman City Journal
High Stress U.S.: The Recession Isn't Really Over
David Frum Newsweek
The Real Record of Global "Stimulus"
Arthur Laffer Wall Street Journal
Battle Between Rand & Collectivism Climaxes
Harry Binswanger Forbes
Glass-Steagall's Repeal? It Was a Factor
Barry Ritholtz Washington Post
Don't Fall for Sandy Weill's Crocodile Tears
William Cohan Bloomberg
The Great U.S. Credit Conundrum
Robert Romano RealClearMarkets
Two Central Banks & the Sound of Silence
Jeff Sommer New York Times
The Great John Cochrane's Incorrect Attack on Gold
John Tamny Forbes
Billionaire Jeff Greene Opens Up
Jessica Pressler New York Magazine
Why Washington, D.C.'s Economy Is Doing So Well
David Leonhardt NYT


Tuesday, August 7
On Success, Obama Has Forked Tongue
Arthur Brooks Wall Street Journal
Obama Has Real Policies, Romney Does Not
Ezra Klein Washington Post
How Romney Can Retract His Tax Hike Proposal
Matthew Yglesias Slate
Even 5th Graders Know Mitt Won't Raise Taxes
D. Furchtgott-Roth RCM
Business Fears the Obama Cliff, Not the Fiscal Cliff
Editorial Investors
Ron Paul's Competing Currencies: The USD Answer?
John Tamny RCM
Negative Rates: Final Defeat for Savers
Jeremy Warner Daily Telegraph
Why Are Investors Fleeing Equities?
Andrew Ross Sorkin New York Times
Stocks Perform Better Amid Slow Earnings
Mark Hulbert MarketWatch
Here's the Way to Invest In Energy Stocks Now
Andrew Bary Barron's
How to Invest in a Real-Estate Market Rebound
Joe Light SmartMoney
How Google Can Avert Next Financial Crisis
Mark Buchanan Bloomberg
Why the Libor Scandal Is So Disturbing
Gary Gensler New York Times
Federal Spending: Killing Economy With Stimulus
Doug Bandow Forbes
Healthcare Costs: U.S. Is a Huge Outlier
Gary Burtless RealClearMarkets
How I Lovingly Told My Son to Move Out
Kerry Madden Los Angeles Times


Wednesday, August 8
Market Rally We've Been Waiting For?
Anthony Mirhaydari MSN Money
Watch Out for a Stock Correction, Or Worse
Mark Hulbert MarketWatch
TIGER 21 Members Bullish On Private Equity
Christiana Cefalu Barron's
Does Your Job Really Require Algebra?
Jacob Vigdor RealClearMarkets
For Wall Streeters, The Thrill Is Gone
Max Abelson/Stephanie Ruhle BBW
Knight: The Upside of Wall St. Failures
Steven Davidoff New York Times
Knight Disaster Is About More Than Computers
Charles Gasparino NYP
A Man Enters a Bank to Deposit $95,000..
Patrick Combs Financial Times
Debauch Riddle: Easy Money Makes Fed Tight
Brian Domitrovic Forbes
The True Costs of the GM/UAW Bailout
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
The Sheer Folly of Attacking Outsourcing
Eduardo Porter New York Times
Bain: Cold & Heartless, Within the Rules
Dana Milbank Washington Post
The "Romney Hood" Taxation Fairy Tale
Editorial Wall Street Journal
What's In a Recovery? Beware Very Flawed GDP
Shawn Ritenour Forbes
Bring Build America Bonds Back to the Market
Peter Orszag Bloomberg
Post Office Privatization Talk: Be Wary
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times


Thursday, August 9
Romney's Tax Plan Makes Little Sense
Robert Samuelson Washington Post
No, Romney's Tax Plan Is a Winner
Peter Ferrara The American Spectator
Face It, Americans Need To Pay More Tax
Jared Bernstein Financial Times
Free Markets are the Key to Development
Fred Smith & Michelle Wei RCM
CEO Memo to Congress: Stop Fighting, We'll Spend
Dennis Berman WSJ
Flying With Milton Is a Great Trip Unto Itself
Caroline Baum Bloomberg
California Needs a Crude Awakening
Tom Gray Investor's Business Daily
How the U-6 Even Now Underreports Unemployment
John Crudele NYP
About Knight, The SEC Misses the Point
Ellen Ullman New York Times
Buy and Hold Strategy Is Still Alive and Well
Morgan Housel Motley Fool
Why Investors Should Still Avoid Hedge Funds
Felix Salmon Reuters
No More Emerging Mkt. Growth Miracles
Dani Rodrik Project Syndicate
Don't Be Fooled, Regulations Cost Jobs
Adrian Moore RealClearMarkets
Summer Heat Flummoxes World's Central Banks
Louis Woodhill Forbes
With Rates Low, Banks Increase Their Mortgage Profits
Peter Eavis NYT


Friday, August 10
The Fed's 'Not Seen Since 2009' Economy
Jeffrey Snider RealClearMarkets
Transport Sector Weakness Is a Bad Sign
Mark Hulbert MarketWatch
Obama's "Coolness" Costs American Youth Lots
Mark Hendrickson Forbes
Laffer's Laughable Anti-Stimulus Argument
David Futrelle TIME
Romney Tax Plan Won't Cut Deficit
Erskine Bowles Washington Post
Taxation Hero: Exxon Pays $3 In Taxes for $1 Earned
Nick Schulz Forbes
Butcher, Brewer, Baker, Bureaucrat
Robert Tracinski RealClearMarkets
California Is Really Nothing Like Greece
Jordan Weissmann The Atlantic
China's Hard Landing Is Here
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Daily Telegraph
The Market's Facebook Freakout
Brad Stone Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Investors Have No Confidene in the Market
Howard Gold MarketWatch
Postal Service Keeps Losing Money
Jennifer Liberto CNNMoney
What's So Great About Going Cashless?
Derek Thompson The Atlantic
What Olympians Do for Their Day Jobs
Giang & Cortez The Fiscal Times
Saturday, August 11
Bankstas in the Age of Money
Graydon Carter Vanity Fair
Goldman & Other Big Banks Not Out of Woods
Eleanor Bloxham Fortune
Listen to the Wall Street Whistleblowers
Eileen Foster Rolling Stone
Be Glad Benjamin Lawsky Can Keep a Secret
Jonathan Weil Bloomberg
The Beginning of the End of BofA Merrill?
Roben Farzad BusinessWeek
Fight The Fiat
Lewis Lehrman The American Spectator
So, Where's All The Hyperinflation?
Jerry Bowyer Forbes
Latest High-Frequency Trading Cock-Up: Wait a Second
The Economist
Down With the Shareholder Value Myth
Joe Nocera New York Times
Stocks: The 'Safety Dance' May Spell Big Opportunity
Ben Levisohn WSJ
Wall Street Expects a Miracle. You Shouldn't
Jack Hough SmartMoney
5-Part IQ Test to Make You a Better Investor
Paul Farrell MarketWatch
Dave Camp: Is Tax Reform Possible?
Stephen Moore Wall Street Journal
Taxes In "Land of Pawlenty" Are Hard to Digest
Rex Sinquefield Forbes
Listen to Mitt Romney: He's a Reaganite
Larry Kudlow RealClearMarkets
Obama Is The Dr. Kevorkian Of Job Creation
Investor's Business Daily
Sunday, August 12
In an Economic Election, Ryan Is the Only Choice
John Tamny Forbes
Ryan-Romney: Serious About the Budget
Liz Peek The Fiscal Times
Obamacare Could Make Insurance Unaffordable
Robert Pear NY Times
About the Jobless Numbers, Obama Isn't Straight
Peter Ferrara Forbes
Stocks May Move Higher During Dog Days of Summer
Patti Domm CNBC
Robots Taking Over Financial World!
Matt Koppenheffer The Motley Fool
Banks Are Stealing Our Wealth and Sovereignty
Jeff Nielson TheStreet
Let's Stop Backing Wind and Solar Energy Losers
Patrick Michaels Forbes
Interpreting China: Keynes vs. Austrians
Tyler Cowen New York Times
Is There Now a 'Draghi Put' in Europe?
Michael Brush Minyanville
Lessons from Britain's Auto Revival
Jeremy Warner Daily Telegraph
Online Courses, and Now Free Textbooks
Victor Luckerson Time
Opening a Lemonade Stand? Who's Your Bank?
Al Lewis MarketWatch
Monday, August 13
The "Bakken Billionaire's" Oil Optimism
Steven Mufson Washington Post
Soft-Money Right Revives Friedman's Monetarism
Nathan Lewis Forbes
Jamie Dimon Is Very Sorry, Except When He's Not
Jessica Pressler NYM
Are Investors Too Worried About Stock Market?
Michael Santoli Barron's
A Market Rebound That Is Defying Old Rules
Paul Lim New York Times
Traders and Analysts Foretell Dow 17K
John Aidan Byrne New York Post
SEC Must Note Money-Market Funds' Hidden Risks
Michael Hiltzik LAT
The Newsroom's Aaron Sorkin Is Wrong About News
John Tamny Forbes
1 Housing Solution Left: Mass Mortgage Refinancing
Stiglitz/Zandi NYT
Great Recession Turns Into Life Sentence
Evans-Pritchard The Telegraph
Romney's Tax Plan Defies Rules of Math
David Firestone New York Times
President Obama & the '4.5M New Jobs' Myth
John Lott RealClearMarkets
Paul Ryan: Thoughtful, Handsome & Misguided
Peter Orszag Bloomberg
The Fraudulent Nature of Ryan's Proposals
Matt Miller Washington Post
The 'Kempian' Roots of Ryan's Economics
Steve Moore Wall Street Journal


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