RealClearMarkets Week of August 6, 2018 Archives

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Monday, August 6
Most Tariff Taxes Won't Be Collected As Is, Thus They're Tiny
Ken Fisher USA Today
U.S. Could Be Biggest Loser of Trump's Trade War
Allan Golombek RealClearMarkets
President Trump's Economic Claims Are Overblown
Steven Rattner New York Times
The Jobs Report Is a Validation of Trump's Economic Policies
Louis Woodhill RCM
In '08, America Stopped Believing in American Dream
Frank Rich New York Magazine
President Trump Ends Barack Obama's War on Driving
Steve MooreWashington Times
As Stocks Return to Highs, Federal Reserve Narrative Crashes
John Tamny Forbes
The Stock Market Is Shrinking. That's a Problem for Everyone.
Jeff Sommer NYT
It Wasn't Profit Margins That Pushed Amazon to $1T
Alex Shephard The New Republic
Apple Radically Expanded on What Was Thanks to Microsoft
Kevin Williamson NRO
Forget the Old Consensus, Tax Havens Serve a Good Purpose
Jorge Hernandez TH
A So-Called Trade Imbalance Doesn't Imply Currency Problem
Nathan Lewis Forbes
Ways to Boost Your Social Security Benefits in Your 60s
Sean Williams Motley Fool
Kamala Harris Has Terrible Idea to Lower the High Cost of Renting
Rex NuttingMW


Tuesday, August 7
Why Stock Buybacks Are Not the Enemy of Prosperity
David Bahnsen National Review
Why the S&P 500 Could Gain Another 10% From Previous High
Mark Hulbert MW
To Preserve Our Endangered Species, Just Eat Them
Richard Rahn Washington Times
College Graduates Can't Find Work Despite Strong Jobs Report
John Crudele NYP
Storm Clouds Begin to Darken Trump's Sunny Econ. View
Editorial New York Times
How to Fix the Urgent Problem of Equal Pay
Sheryl Sandberg & Laphonza Butler Fortune
Steven Pinker Rebuts Inequality Alarmism of Thomas Piketty
Quinn Connelly RCM
As Socialism's Appeal Grows, Capitalists Must Look In Mirror
Michael Tomasky NYT
Venezuela Dollarizes, Monetarism's Conceit Collapses
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
It's Far More Important to Be American Than to Buy American
Lawrence Reed FEE
Trump's War With the Koch Brothers Makes Very Little Sense
Dick Polman Atlantic
Trump's Plan to Scare U.S. Into Supporting Car Pollution
Emily Atkin New Republic
Trump's Fuel Economy Plan Will Save Money and Lives
Editorial Investor's Business 
The Only Pressure Facebook Understands Is from Its Rivals
Brian Feldman NYM
These Senators Want to Lower Your Rent. Too Bad It Won't Work
Henry Grabar Slate


Wednesday, August 8
Socialism Is Not What Anxious Young People are Looking For
Kevin Williamson NRO
Reducing It to 'Cost,' the Right Loses Fight Against Socialism
Gus Van Horn RCM
Why Does Trump Get More Credit Than 'O for Same Economy?
Jonathan Chait NYM
Incredible Growth Is Proof of Promises Made, Promise Kept
Eric Trump Examiner
No, Tariffs Aren't Going to Pay Down National Debt
Jim Tankersley New York Times
Ash Heap of History Awaits Bernie's Discredited Socialism
Chris Talgo Spectator
How Trump Undermines His Own Pro-Growth Policies
Kenneth Rogoff MarketWatch
Don't Hold Main Street Investors Hostage to Political Advocacy
Logan Albright RCM
How Do You Protect Yourself Against Social Security Fraud?
Maurie Backman MF
Forget Buying a Benz, Cadillac or Volvo, Just Subscribe
Chris Woodyard USA Today
What the Boss Could Learn by Reading Whole Company's Emails
Frank Partnoy TA
Mounting Evidence Says Wilbur Ross Is a World-Class Grifter
Dan Alexander Forbes
Books: Charles Mann's "The Wizard and the Prophet"
Patrick Allitt Law and Liberty
We'll Never Know How Bad The Federal Reserve Is
James Freeman Wall Street Journal


Thursday, August 9
Market Forces 'Banning Box' for the Long-term Unemployed
Aaron Renn City Journal
No Annie Lowrey, We Taxpayers Didn't Give Mr. Bezos His Wealth
John Tamny RCM
California Fires Bluntly Tell Us About How Government 'Works'
Steven Greenhut TAS
High City Rents Foster Revival of Small-Town Texas
John Nova Lomax Texas Monthly
A Huge Win for Organized Labor in the State of Missouri
John Nichols The Nation
Barney Frank Talks About Some Regrets from 2008
Nick Tabor New York Magazine
Fidelity Launches An Investment Fee Race to Zero
Thomas Heath Washington Post
The Most Credible Monetary Policy Not In Evidence at Today's Fed
Brad DeLong PS
Tap the Brakes When It Comes to Drug Reimportation
Bill Martinez RealClearMarkets
First Come Protective Tariffs, Then the Political Corruption
Jay Cost National Review
Tech Companies Ban Infowars. Now, Its App Is Trending.
Jack Nicas New York Times
Thoughts On What the Valley Still Gets Wrong About Innovation
Vivek Wadhwa VB
Why Was Chris Collins Allowed to Serve on Board of Pharma Co?
David Dayen TNR
Insider Trading Actually Used to Run Wild Among the Politicians
John Crudele NYP


Friday, August 10
Journey to Moscow to See What They Think of Americans
Paul Starobin City Journal
Talking to Sheila Bair On What Hasn't Happened Since 2008
Nick Tabor New York
You Lost Big If You Let 2011 Debt Downgrade Bring You Down
Eric Nelson Servo
Economic Upturn Begun Under Obama Is Now Trump's to Tout
Patricia Cohen NYT
Market Signals Reject the Notion of 'Economic Boom'
Jeffrey Snider RealClearMarkets
Google Will Do Whatever It Takes to Grow, and That's Too Bad
Alex Shephard TNR
New York's Politicians Favor Taxi Cartel Over Uber. Guess Why
Kevin Williamson NR
Minorities Have Most to Fear From Democratic Socialism
Conor Friedersdorf Atlantic
Who Knew That 'Free' Could Cost Us All So Much?
Editorial Investor's Business Daily
Your Future Revealed in George Gilder's 'Life After Google'
Ralph Benko Spectator
What Would You Get if You Crossed Buffett, Branson & Jobs?
Vitaliy Katsenelson CE
Fintech Frenzy: Hype or Reality? Closer Look at 6 Key Sectors
Matt Harris Fortune
With Help of Musk and Bezos, Trump Could Start Space Race
Jurica Dujmovic MW
The Security Risks of a Trade War Between China & the U.S.
Ali Wyne Foreign Affairs
Saturday, August 11
How the Right Can Make Inequality a Winning Issue
Jay Hallen National Review
Inequality, Globalization & The End Of Bretton Woods
Roger Farmer Project Syndicate
Good Intentions Fallacy Is Driving Support for Socialism
Barry Brownstein FEE
How Banks Are Fighting Regulation with Help from Congress
Charles Gasparino Fox
America Might Be Ready for Socialism. It's Not Ready for the Bill
Brian Riedl Vox
Bitcoin Is Still a Total Disaster
Matt O'Brien The Washington Post
The Worst Jobs to Have During a Recession
Nikolai Roussanov Knowledge@Wharton
Residents of Tourist Hotspots Want Their Cities Back
Richard Florida CityLab
Does America Face a "Boom" in Retiree Bankruptcies?
Andrew Biggs Forbes
What’s the Right Number of Taxis in a City?
Emily Badger The New York Times
Baseball’s Best Players Should Be a Lot Richer
Owen Poindexter Slate
Behind Hollywood’s Bidding War for McDonald’s Monopoly Article
Chris Lee Vulture
Monday, August 13
Vanity Fair's Celebrities Aren't Great Inequality Spokespeople
Kevin Williamson NRO
Trump Made Socialism Great Again, and That's a Good Thing
Shadi Hamid Atlantic
The Equity Markets are Rightly Taking Trade Wars in Stride
Tim Duy Bloomberg View
The Role of Gender When It Comes to 401(k) Starting, Saving
Ken Fisher USA Today
Economy Grew Even Faster In Truman's Presidency. So What?
Robert Shiller NYT
Media Laughably Rewrite History to Credit 'O' For Trump's Boom
Editorial Investor's
Trump's Trade War Is Squeezing U.S. Boat Manufacturers/Workers
Bill Yeargin WE
Trump's Buy America Will Great Benefit U.S. Workers
Steve Moore Washington Times
Trump's War w/Harley-Davidson Has Divided Bikers
Alan Rappeport New York Times
Amid Fiscal Storm, Chicago May Borrow to Cover Pension Costs
Steven MalangaMI
The Growing Movement for Public Banks Across America
Sarah Jones New Republic
Positive Social Media Consensus May Have Turned
Jonathon Trugman New York Post
What's It Really Like Inside a Custom Made, 242 Sq. Foot Yacht
Bill Springer Forbes
Millennial Focus on Cash Is Harmful to Long-Term Returns
Paul Katzeff Investor's 
Some Proven Ways to Increase Your Retirement Income
Maurie Backman Motley Fool


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