RealClearMarkets Week of May 22, 2017 Archives

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Monday, May 22
Venezuela's An Impoverished Human Rights Disaster
Steve Moore Washington Times
What Trump Wants From NAFTA Is What He Had With TPP
Allan Golombek RCM
If Trump Thinks He Can Exceed 3%, He's Dreaming
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times
Toward a New Bretton Woods Agreement
Reuven Brenner American Affairs Journal
Compassion Is Good, But Never, Ever, Pity The American Male
John Tamny Forbes
Oil & Climate Alarmism Don't Mix For Shareholders
Steven Milloy Investor's Business 
Old Ways of Measuring Output Are No Longer Sufficient
Walter Russell Mead TAI
America's Cities Are Rapidly Running Out of Room
Patrick Clark Bloomberg View
Why Are CEOs Being Paid Tons of Money for Nothing?
Steven Clifford New York Post
If Every Day Is a Rainy Day, What Am I Saving For?
Samantha Irby New York Times
If Trump Exits, Pros Think Stocks Would Rebound Under Pence
Adam Shell USAT
In the Stock Market, 'America First' Companies Underperform
Jeff Sommer NYT
For Stocks It's a Battle of Bearish Politics Versus Bullish Liquidity
Sue Chang MW
This Bull Market Might Not Be Hated, But It Still Isn't Trusted
Michael Santoli CNBC


Tuesday, May 23
Why An MBA Designation Is Not All That It Should Be
Kim Gittleson Bloomberg View
How Companies Fib About Earnings to Meet Estimates
John Crudele New York Post
Google Is Building the Future, and New York Times Is Depressed
John Tamny RCM
An Optimistic View of the Relative Calm In the Markets
Tyler Cowen Bloomberg View
United's Re-Accommodation Could Have Been Easily Avoided
Thomas Hazlett RCM
'The Worse, the Better' Could Be Connecticut's Motto
Chris Powell New York Sun
Seattle Climbs, Austin Sprawls: Myth About the Return to Cities
Jed Kolko NYT
The New Retirement Goal: Love You Job and Keep Working
Darla Mercado CNBC
Has Real Socialism Ever Been Tried?
Bryan Caplan Foundation for Economic Education
Why Won't More Corporations Support Single-Payer Health Care?
Helaine Olen TN
Right Way for GOP Senators fo Replace Obamacare's Tax Credits
Avik Roy Forbes
The Budget Floated by Trump Doesn't Balance
Robert Samuelson Washington Post
The Economy Needs Workers; Trump's Budget Would Provide Them
Editorial IBD
Political Turmoil Won't Affect May Employment Numbers
Mickey Levy Economics21


Wednesday, May 24
"Exclusionary Zoning": Opportunity Hoarding by Upper Middle
Richard Reeves RCM
Trump Isn't Good or Bad for Stock Market, He's Irrelevant
Tim Mullaney MarketWatch
Why Stanford MBAs Generally Earn the Most Money
Shahien Nasiripour Bloomberg 
Vanguard's Irritating Perch on the Moral High Ground
Jared Dillian Bloomberg View
Trump's Budget Doesn't Care at All About Poor People
Jonathan Chait New York 
Trump's Budget Guts The Safety Net, And Other Myths
Editorial Investor's Business
Trump Budget's Simple Error That Would Him F in Econ
Lawrence Summers CNBC
Sound Priorities, Unsound Budget: Congress Should Keep the Good
Editorial NRO
With China v. the United States, Spot the Capitalist
Allan Golombek RealClearMarkets
Older Americans Are More Pessimistic About Retirement
Tom Anderson CNBC
Dodd-Frank Left a Lot to Regulators' Discretion: Why It Matters
Nicole Gelinas AB
Government Has Done Nothing Good for Bitcoin
Jeffrey Tucker Fdn. for Economic Edu. 
Detroit & Puerto Rico: Which Is the Worse Insolvency?
Alex Pollock RealClearMarkets
High Tax Causes Population Drop in Parts of Europe
Richard Rahn Washington Times
It Is Smart Business Sense for NFL Teams to Avoid Kaepernick
Tho Bishop Arc 
If the GOP Is Serious, It Will Reform Employer-Based Insurance
Bruce Bartlett NYT
Hey, CA, Ready to Spend $400B for Your Single-Payer Disaster?
Editorial Investor's


Thursday, May 25
Some Questions for Those Who Bemoan 'Income Inequality'
Donald Boudreaux PTR
Hedge Funds Are Getting Priced Out in the World's Costliest City
Bei Hu Bloomberg
Eliminating Dodd-Frank's Overrated Escape Hatch
Hester Peirce RealClearMarkets
With Trump's Budget, the Math Is Phony But the Cruelty Isn't
Steven Rattner NYT
Ignore All the Budget Hysterics, Trump's 3% Growth Is Possible
Editorial Investor's 
Trump's Top Budget Priority Is Refusing to Deal with Reality
Kevin Williamson NRO
Budget Deficits Never Bring Countries Down, but Socialism Does
John Tamny RCM
Why's Kansas So Eager to Oversee Biggest Tax Increase Ever?
Stephen Moore TWS
Puerto Rico's Political & Economic Crisis Continues to Deepen
Ed Morales Nation
Lack of Retirement Savings Trumps the Healthcare Problem
John Divine U.S. News 
Retirement Savers Really Do Need the Government's Help
Barry Ritholtz Bloomberg
Ex-Im Bank Could Be Trump's Best Weapon Against China
Fred Hochberg Politico
Lament of 'Trade Deficit' Is Admission of Misunderstanding
Omar Al-Ubaydli Forbes
Greece:George Soros' Trojan Horse Against Europe
Victor Gaetan American Spectator


Friday, May 26
These Rules Could Stop the Next Big Crisis
Sheila Bair & Paul Volcker Washington Post
Stocks Are Rallying Again. Why That May Not Last
Anthony Mirhaydari Fiscal Times
Any of These 3 Manias Could Be About to Run Aground
Alvara Vargas Llosa FEE
Deception and False Comparisons: The "Renewable Jobs" Lie
James Taylor Forbes
Trump's Budget Proposal Isn't Perfect, but It's a Start
Michael Tanner National Review
3 Percent Growth Should No Longer Be Something From the Past
Jeff Snider RCM
Trump Said He Would Save Carrier Jobs. Layoffs Start 7/20
Danielle Paquette WP
How a Small Retirement Savings Increase Can Transform Income
Paul Katzeff IBD
Kushners, Saudis and Blackstone: Behind the Deals
Caleb Melby & Hui-yong Yu BBW
Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid News, Fox Is Losing Viewers
Will Oremus Slate
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's Great American Roadtrip
Mike Isaac New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg Has a Harvard Degree, & a Big Mission
Jessica Guynn USA Today
The Real Reason for Overbooked Planes & Cramped Cabins
Delta Employee Nation
The Blind Taste Test That Changed the Wine World
Mario Godoy National Public Radio
The Devastating Effects of Dental Inequality in America
Adam Gaffney New Republic
It's Time for Trump to Close, Sell or Restructure Kentucky
Steven Strauss USA Today
Saturday, May 27
The Disappointing U.S. Economy Keeps Coming Up Short
Jeff Cox CNBC
Expecting a Big Economic Bump? It’s Looking Less Likely
Nelson Schwartz NY Times
A Budget With Math Errors & Fraction of a Wall
Casselman Casteel & Barry-Jester 538
Labels Matter: What to Call the Stock Rally
Mohamed El-Erian Bloomberg View
Trump Budget Is a Revival of the Clington/Gingrich Growth Model
Larry Kudlow NR
Does the US Stock Market Have a Case of Bad Breadth?
FinancialSense ValueWalk
Want to Make Money? Buy the Things Investors Hate
Kenneth Rapoza Forbes
Beware of Central Bankers Bearing Gifts
Danielle DiMartino Booth Hedgeye
Wall St. Laughed at Bitcoin. After 400% Surge, Laughter Fades
Mark DeCambre MW
Bitcoin's Price Surge: Are Governments Behind It?
Jeff John Roberts Fortune
OPEC and Russia Fave Failed to Fix the Epic Oil Glut
Matt Egan CNNMoney
China's Xi Has Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew
Brahma Chellaney Project Syndicate
Major World Economies to Come up $400 Trillion Short on Retirement
Bloomberg
Where Do You Get Better Deals -- Costco or Amazon?
Alessandra Malito MarketWatch
The Secret Purposes Behind New Amazon Bookstores
Daniel Roberts Yahoo Finance
Fox News's Dominance of Cable News Looks Increasingly Tenuous
The Economist
Monday, May 29
Obamacare Is a Policy Flop of Epic Proportions
Stephen Moore Washington Times
President Trump and Pope Francis Really Get Their Markets
Portia M.E. Mills RCM
The Assault on Colleges, and the American Dream
David Leonhardt New York Times
Yes, But the Education Is the Least Useful Aspect of College
John Tamny Forbes
The Best Ways to Lose All Your Money in the Stock Market
Rich Duprey Motley Fool
John F. Kennedy's Surpassing Legacy: Economic Growth
Brian Domitrovic Forbes
Taxes, & the Fibs You Hear In the News
Christopher Baecker San Antonio Express News
Mick Mulvaney's Budget Is About Freedom from Dependence
Larry Kudlow NRO
Here's What the Great Innovators Invariably Do Differently
Greg Satell Arc Digital
Federal Fuel Economy Mandates Are Quite Deadly
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
Jeff Bezos Does the Unthinkable With Amazon Bookstores
Jonathon Trugman NYP
My Short Life Living On a Real Ranch
Jeffrey Tucker Foundation for Economic Education
Let's Be Real, There Was No "Golden Age" of Air Travel
Patrick Smith New York Times


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