RealClearMarkets Week of May 19, 2025 Archives

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Monday, May 19

Greens Wasting Away in Wind-and-Solarville

James Varney RealClearInvestigations

How J.P. Morgan and BofA Are Cashing In on China

Charles Gasparino New York Post

Europe Built Trains. U.S. Built Highways and Regret

Dan Richards New York Times

Rural Trump Supporters About to Pay For His Trade War

Claire McCaskill MSNBC

Never Date 'Broke Dude,' But Don't Let Rich One Control You

Daria Solovieva Salon

Seeking Clear, Common Sense Stablecoin Regs

Katie Biber & Alex Grieve RealClear

Americans Back Trump's Priorities, w/One Exception

Gary Shapiro RealClearMarkets

When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx

Laura Williams Am. Institute for Economic Research

Tuesday, May 20

Republicans Want Giveaways for Trump's Favorite Industry

Sacha Haworth MSNBC

Democrats Are Scheming to Nationalize Blue-State Misery

Mario Loyola Fox News

On How the United States Came To Be a Deficit Nation

Will Morrisey Civitas Institute

Gen Z Should Rage Against Cronyism

Lika Kobeshavidze Foundation for Econ. Education

“Saving Christmas” Is Real Reason For Tariff Pause

Sam Bourgi Investors Observer

Ten Stocks Warren Buffett Just Bought, Sold

Wayne Duggan U.S. News & World Report

President Trump's Traveling Trunk Show Is Starting to Backfire

Brian Karem Salon

Wednesday, May 21

A Joe Biden Burden That Will Last for Years

Simon Hankinson The Heritage Foundation

Tariffs & Returns: Lessons from 150 Years of Market History

Guido Baltussen CFAI

America’s Debt Is Officially Tarnished. What to Do

Rebecca Patterson New York Times

From the C-Suite to Working Classes, Golf Is for All

Salena Zito Washington Examiner

The Case for a North American Customs Union

Guillermo Ortiz Project Syndicate

Why We Should Welcome Stock Market 'Bubbles'

Mark Hulbert Marketwatch

DOGE Deflated: Musk Has Lost His Washington Power

Heather Digby Parton Salon

Trump & Saban Have the Right Plan to Save College Sports

Tommy Tuberville Fox

Thursday, May 22

How Americans Are Blowing Their Retirement Money..Again

Brett Arends MW

Return of The Bond Vigilantes....In Japan

Ajay Rajadhyaksha FT Alphaville

SALT Shrinkage Is Bad for Red State Taxpayers Too

John Tamny RealClearMarkets

The 3D-chess Trump Trade Theory Is Falling Apart

David Goldman CNN Business

The U.S. Senate Should Confirm Michelle Bowman Expeditiously

Jon Decker RCM

Investors Should Embrace Elevated Bond Yields

Paul Olmsted Morningstar

Friday, May 23

America Needs An AI Boom To Beat Our Debt Problem

Joe Davis Barrons

Farmers Need Free Markets, Not Tariffs & Welfare

Steven Greenhut Reason

There's A Better Way To Help Workers Than No Tax On Tips

Abdallah Fayyad Vox

The Investor Downgrade Response Is Just Beginning

Kanan Mammadov CFAI

Trade Negotiations Aren't 3D Chess Or Poker

Peter C. Earle The Daily Economy

The AI Energy Challenge For Policymakers

James Pethokoukis AEIdeas