RealClearMarkets Week of August 26, 2019 Archives

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Monday, August 26
Democrats Are Cheering For a Recession Non-Stop
Stephen Moore Washington Times
Trump Preps Conspiracy Theory to Explain a Faltering Economy
Bill Schneider Hill
Don't Sweat These Oil-Price Swings, They're Already Priced
Ken Fisher USA Today
Supply-Side Econ. Losing Argument Inside Trump White House
John Tamny Forbes
Trump's China Pressure's Working: Let's Back His Counter-Tariffs
Andy Puzder Fox 
Trade War Shows Sad Reality of 'America First' in Action
George Will National Review
The Economy Is Sound Despite Unsound Attempts to Talk It Down
J.T. Young TAS
President Trump's Tariffs Are Going to Tank Economy
Josh Barro New York Magazine
The Fed Must Take Radical Steps to Fight a Recession
Steven Ricchiuto MarketWatch
Trump's China Trade War Isn't Economic, It's About Nat Security
Myron Magnet NYP
WTO Is a Crucial Entity for Avoidance of Trade Disputes
Alison Acosta Winters RCM
Tomato Growers Love U.S./Mexico Pact, & That's the Problem
Allan Golombek RCM
Let's Blame Economists For the Mess We're In
Binyamin Appelbaum New York Times
Chicago Homeowners Endure Pension and Property Tax Hikes
Orphe Divounguy WE


Tuesday, August 27
Krugman et al Have Been Chanting Recession Since 11/16
Madison Gesiotto The Hill
Imagine Making Bus. Decisions Amid Trumpian Chaos
Paul Krugman New York Times
Blame the Economists, Mr. Appelbaum?
Peter Boettke Am. Institute for Econ. Research
Who Watches Out For the Workers?
Kristin McIntosh Ryan Nunn & Jay Shambaugh RCM
A Crackdown In Hong Kong Could Be Incalculably Costly
Evan Osnos The New Yorker
Book Review: Evan Osnos's Excellent 'Age of Ambition'
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Why Is the One Percent So Obsessed With Magic?
Cody Delistraty The New Republic
'Kinky Boots' Is Nice Story, But Fairy Tale In Reality
Allan Golombek RealClearMarkets
Shining the Bright Light of Reality On 1619 Project
Richard Rahn Washington Times
Making "Patent Troll' Charge Like Flopping on Soccer Field
Charles Sauer Examiner
Let's Give Love, or Reasonable Rules, to Debt Collectors
John Berlau Issues & Insights
Roth IRA vs. Traditional: Which Is Better for You?
Paul Katzeff Investor's Business Daily
The Roundtable Pretends to Redefine What a Corporation Does
David Bahnsen NRO
What Low Rates Might Do For Trump Personally
David Fahrenthold & Heather Long WP
Bernie's Union Proposals Would Reverse Decades of Labor Law
Steven Malanga CJ


Wednesday, August 28
Trump Can Battle China or Expand Economy. He Can't Do Both.
Peter Goodman NYT
President Trump Has Already Won the Trade War with China
Donald Gross The Hill
Trump's Trade Deal w/Japan Won't Make Up for China Failures
Allan Golombek RCM
Trump Successfully Navigated Last Weekend's G-7 Minefield
James Roberts Hill
President Trump Previews His Response to the Next Recession
Alex Shephard TNR
Fund Payroll Tax Cuts With An Offsetting Carbon Tax
Alex Flint RealClearMarkets
Angering Chinese Authorities Can Now Get You Fired
Michael Schuman The Atlantic
How Aspiring Can Learn to Write Like Economists
Quinn Connelly RealClearMarkets
Conservatives Should Seek Market, Not Gov't, Facebook Fix
Patrick Hedger The Hill
Milton Friedman Was Right About Corporate Purpose
Jon Pritchett & Ed Tiryakian FEE
Sorry, but Suing Big Pharma Is No Answer to the Opioid Crisis
Jacob Sullum NYP
Why Medicare Price Controls Are Bad Prescription
Adam Brandon Washington Times
Ways to Protect Your Wealth Amid Rising Market Uncertainty
Susan Tompor USAT
The 4 Main Financial Realities That All Retirees Must Face
Eric Nelson Servo Wealth
Why High Stock Prices Are Arguably Bad For Future Retirees
William Baldwin Forbes


Thursday, August 29
The 1859 Project: Oil Saved Whales, Boosted Prosperity
Helen Raleigh The Federalist
It's Hard to Overstate How Dangerous Is Dudley's Thinking
Jordan Weissmann Slate
Bill Dudley's Tit-for-Tat Monetary Policy Not a Solution
Caroline Baum MarketWatch
Dudley Is Wrong About the Fed. His Critics Are Even More Wrong
John Tamny RCM
Can President Trump Actually Create an Economic Downturn?
Evan Kraft The Hill
Actually, It's Andy Puzder Who Is Destabilizing the World Order
Jeffrey Harding AIM
While Wall St. Talks of Recession, Bond Investors Make a Killing
Matt Phillips NYT
To Keep the Economy Growing, Index Capital Gains
Ted Cruz & Grover Norquist RCM
China Learns to Ride Out Trump Turbulence
Anna Fifield & David Lynch Washington Post
Canadian Farmers Gain In Near Term From the U.S. Trade War
Allan Golombek RCM
Has Oligarch Charles Koch Located Inner Peacenik?
Alexander Sammon New Republic
David Koch Was a Gentleman, and Man of Utter Competence
R. Emmett Tyrrell TAS
This Labor Day Weekend Please Send Postcards, Not Invites
Victoria Buchholz RCM
Why Big Theater Chains Won't Show Martin Scorsese's Netflix Epic
David Sims TA
Today's NBA Shoe Deals Still No Match for Michael Jordan
Kurt Badenhausen Forbes


Friday, August 30
Steve Jobs' iPhone Unveiling Offers A Timeless Econ Lesson
Barry Brownstein FEE
Farmers: Trump's Biggest Supporters Are His Biggest Victims
Paul Krugman NYT
New Trade Pact & Rate Cut Will Make Trump Economy Stronger
Peter Navarro Fox
Negative Rates Extremely Toxic: Interview w/Jim Bianco
Christoph Gisiger themarket
Bill Dudley Outdoes the President
Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn The American Spectator
Next Democratic Debate Should Cover China & IP Theft
Arvin Patel RealClearMarkets
To the True Socialists, Even Bernie Isn't Nearly Socialist Enough
Annie Lowrey TA
The Business Roundtable Suffers From Economic Illiteracy
Steve Hanke USA Today
Gold Reminds Governments They're Still Not In Control
Jeff Snider RealClearMarkets
Why Are Automakers Caving To CA's Radical Greens?
John Merline Issues & Insights
California's Politicians Threaten to Suffocate Valley's Gig Magic
Gus Van Horn RCM
Dean Stoecker's 22-Yr Journey to Make Everyone Data Savant
Noah Kirsch Forbes
Buy From a Lemonade Stand, Take a Big Stand for Freedom
Allan Golombek RCM
Forget 12-Hr Day, Jack Ma Foresees a 12-Hr Workweek
Anna Fifield Washington Post
LeBron Passed Up $28M In 2003, But It May Make Him $1 Billion
Weston Blasi MW
Saturday, August 31
Trump's Rhetoric Says He Fears Dowturn. He's Right to Worry
Michael Maharrey FEE
An Econ. Downturn Is Hardly Inevitable at This Point
Heather Long Washington Post
Economy's Booming.Bad News for Dems, Good News for America
Andy Puzder Fox
High-Yield Spread Refutes Slowdown Concerns..Or Does It?
Pat O'Hare Briefing.com
Some Clarity on President Trump's Economic Policies
Veronique de Rugy Spectator
Trade Tensions, and Their Market Impact: Int. w/John Tamny
Elaine Reyes CGTV
Starbucks Needs to Come Down a Lot to Be On Sale Again
Michael Cannivet Forbes
Are You Patient Enough to Earn This $440K Retirement Bonus?
Paul Katzeff IBD
A Few Financial Steps to Take When You're Pregnant
Susannah Snider U.S. News
If Hurricane Dorian Hits, I'm Hoping for Price Gougers
Tom Woods RealClearMarkets
How This Technological Age Differs from Past Industrial Eras
Oren CassCity Journal
How Paying for College Is Changing Middle-Class Life
Caitlin Zaloom New York Times
Monday, September 2
Trouble Awaits If Powell and the Fed Fail To Stand Up to Trump
William Cohan NYT
The Meaning of Higher S&P Dividend Yield Than 30-Year
Mark Hulbert MarketWatch
It Could Harm Stock Market If Trump's Word Can't Be Trusted
Allan Golombek RCM
Books: When Poseur Progressives Fight Aggressively For Privilege
George Will NR
Automation Is the Most Potent Threat to the Working Class
Glenn Altschuler The Hill
Josh Hawley and Rick Scott's Odd Support for Price Controls
Noah Wall Examiner
The Economic Discussion on Brexit That Isn't Happening
Graham Cunningham FEE
U.S. Is Now OPEC of Natural Gas, the 'Wonder Fuel'
Stephen Moore Washington Times
Using Common Sense to Save Democracy: Int w/Philip Howard
Steve Forbes Forbes
Trump's Main Job Should Be Fixing Labor Dept's Latest Debacle
John Crudele NYP
Despite Its Murderous Failures, Why Socialism Never Dies
Rainer Zitelmann FEE
Netflix Wants You to Ditch the Frenzied Workplace, & Find Love
Hannah Giorgis TA
Are Your Savings & Debt Reduction Goals Too High? Try This
Russ Wiles USA Today


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