RealClearMarkets Week of January 12, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 12
Why California Should Tax Its Billionaires' Wealth
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times
Socialism's Human, Economic Toll Reveal It As a 'Hate Crime'
James Piereson TNC
Mayor Mamdani’s Collectivist Warmth Recalls Chilly Bucharest
James Bovard NYP
Mamdani's Disastrous, Marxist Term Calls for His Recall
Editorial Issues & Insights
Donald Trump Is Targeting Mortgage Rates Where They're Set
Peter Navarro RCM
Friendly Reminder That Sentiment Affects Bond Markets Too
Market Minder Fisher
Berkshire's $358 Billion Question & the Money Multiplier Myth
John Tamny Forbes
Waymo Is the Cure For Those Unsure About Robotaxis
Stephen McBride RiskHedge
Do U.S. Oil Companies Really Want to Invest In Venezuela?
Joel Mathis The Week
How a Puzzling 401(k) Plan Changed One Woman’s Life
Ron Lieber New York Times
Writing Off Social Security Will Boost Your Retirement
Maurie Backman Motley Fool
At Last, Europe Is Waking Up To the Follies of Green Energy
Craig Rucker The Hill
December Closes Year of Stalling Labor Mkt.
Christian Weller Center for Am. Progress
Trump Wipeout of Blue Collar Jobs a Flashing Warning Sign
Ja'han Jones MS NOW


Tuesday, January 13
California: How To Lose $1 Trillion Without Really Trying
Editorial Issues & Insights
Please Cliff Asness, Don't Let Romney Off So Easily!
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
The Economic Debate Becomes More Political
Joseph Calhoun Alhambra Investments
Berkshire Owes Clarity About Investment Costs, Benefits
Stefan Padfield RealClear
They Invested in Meme Stocks. Then Grew Up.
Alicia Adamczyk The New York Times
RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Edges Lower
Raghavan Mayur RealClearMarkets
The Housing Market, and Its Lock-In Effects
Paul Kupiec & Alex Pollock Law & Liberty
End Debanking by Removing Gov't From Rep Regulation
Nicholas Anthony RealClear
2025 Disappointments May Prove a Winner for Crypto
Stephen McBride RiskHedge
Litigation Funding Empowers Small to Challenge Powerful
Trent England Townhall
Over the Holidays, Trump Delivered Big Win for Retirees
Jonathan Wolfson The Hill
What Social Security Paid Retirees In 1985 Versus Today
Christy Bieber Motley Fool
Can Trump Make Housing Affordable Without Investors?
Joel Mathis The Week
Hochul Will Talk 'Affordability' w/o Grasping How To Get It
Editorial New York Post
Trump Describes As "Amazing" His Failure to Create Jobs
Steve Benen MS NOW
Tax Increases Will Not Solve the Affordability Challenge
Bruce Thompson RealClear


Wednesday, January 14
Nothing Like "Free Money" To Get Back On Retirement Track
Maurie Backman MF
401(k)s Mint Millionaires, Social Security Sinks
Jon Miltimore Washington Examiner
Amid All the Powell/Fed Worrying, Little Happened
Market Minder Fisher Investments
This Is Telling Me OpenAI Will Run Out of Money
Sebastian Mallaby New York Times
We Need More Stock Trading by Nancy Pelosi and Colleagues
John Tamny RCM
Trump Is Right To Ban Big Investors From Housing Market
Brian Hamilton The Hill
Could Trump's Ban Make Housing More Affordable?
Maryalene LaPonsie U.S. News
Why U.S.'s Various Flaws Don't Add Up to Fascism
Zachary Karabell The Edgy Optimist
Trump Declares ‘Economic Boom’ As Inflation Persists
Julianne McShane MS NOW
Trump Must Convince Voters He's Improving Economy
Henry Olsen New York Post
Credit Card Rate Caps: Bad News for Individuals & Businesses
Ross Marchand RC
How Tech Titans Can Ease Artificial Intelligence Anxieties
Mark Mills City Journal
The End of the World As We Know It, & the Market Feels Fine
Avi Salzman Barron's
Why Gold Investors Shouldn't Believe All That They Hear
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch


Thursday, January 15
Elites Don't Fear a Market Crackup. You Can't Be So Complacent
Mark Hulbert MW
Stocks and Bonds Did Well In 2025. It's Unlikely In 2026
Randall Forsyth Barron's
The Impoverishing Nature of J.D. Vance's Economics
Samuel Gregg Civitas Institute
As Billionaires Flee, California's Wealth Tax Amounts to Suicide
Robby Soave Hill
Trump Picks Wrong Time to Lie to Us About Grocery Prices
Steve Benen MS NOW
The Real Global Danger Lies In China’s Trade Surplus
Eswar Prasad New York Times
If We Don't Want the Chinese To 'Lap' Us, Let Them Sell To Us
John Tamny RCM
What Gen X Must Know Abt. Retirement
Maryalene LaPonsie U.S. News & World Report
Credit Card Rate Caps Will Lead To Card Shortage
Patrick Brenner RealClearMarkets
The Myriad Ways Trump Undermines the U.S.
Editors Center for American Progress
Antitrust Law Is a Poor Substitute for Netflix Warner Brothers
Charles Sauer RCM
Socialist Math of Mayor Mamdani Simply Doesn't Add Up
Michael Boskin Fox News
Need To Escape Collectivism? Just Move to Florida
Jeffrey Folks American Thinker
Why Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes
Editorial Issues & Insights


Friday, January 16
Access to Power Is the Biggest Barrier To AI Prosperity
Stephen McBride RiskHedge
Hochul’s Gigawatt-Sized Gaslighting on AI Data Centers
Ken Girardin New York Post
How To Stop Fraud In Minnesota, and Across the Country
Scott Bessent Fox News
A 'Manufacturing Boom' Exists Only In Trump's Imagination
Steve Benen MS NOW
Data Center Potential Will Reveal Itself Over Many Decades
John Tamny RealClear
Kneecapping Powell, Undermining Rule of Law
John Malcolm & Richard Stern Civitas
The Fed Is Flawed, Politicization Makes It Worse
Phillip Magness RealClearMarkets
$25 Billion. That’s What Donald Trump Cost Detroit
Bill Saporito The New York Times
Will a Divided U.S. Coalesce Around Trump If Economy Booms?
Terry Jones I & I
Fixing Inflation Policy Starts With Fixing Measurement
Richard Roberts RealClear
Why Portfolio Managers Whispering Inflation In 2026
Vivien Lou Chen Marketwatch
How Trump Is Making Life Affordable Again
Nicole Huyer The Heritage Foundation
San Francisco Battles Affordability With Free Child Care
Justin Klawans The Week
Sorry, But 50-Year Mortgages Were Never the Answer
Steven Malanga City Journal
Stablecoin 'Rewards': Their Quiet Threat to Community Banking
Paul Weinstein RC
Saturday, January 17
Stocks, Bubbles & Market Myths
Barry Ritholtz The Big Picture
America's Greatest Companies Tell Us the Kids Are Alright
John Tamny RealClear
The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland
Casey Michel The New Republic
Markets Require a Balanced Marketplace of Ideas
Chris Baecker RealClearMarkets
Is This Billionaire a Financial Genius or a Fraudster?
Rob Copeland New York Times
Thoughts on How To Fix Our Errant Tipping Culture
Casey Carlisle RealClearMarkets
Trump Wants To Run The Economy Hot
Greg Ip Wall Street Journal
How Government Debt Makes Life More Unaffordable
Dominik Lett Cato @ Liberty
Why Are Americans So Unhappy With The Economy?
Noah Smith Noahpinion
Fix The AI Electricity 'Crisis' By Unleashing Market Forces
Steven Greenhut Reason
The ‘AI Job Shock’ vs ‘China Trade Shock’
Nathan Gardels NOEMA
Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World
Om Malik On my Om
24 Small Ways Writing Make You Wealthy
Darius Foroux Darius Foroux


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