RealClearMarkets Week of August 18, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 18

Stocks Continue to Climb Past All the Bad News

Joe Rennison The New York Times

Note to Critics of Donald Trump's Tariffs: This Is Not the 1930s

Liz Peek The Hill

Why It Matters That Right Is Claiming Victory Over Costco

Susan Rinkunas MSNBC

Trump Shouldn’t Ease Federal Restrictions On Marijuana

Kevin Sabet City Journal

Trump Moves Closer to Weed Decriminalization

Charles Gasparino New York Post

Patients Will Have More Choice With Less Doctor Licensing

Peter Jacobsen FEE

Are BLS & Other Agencies Partisan?

Vincent Geloso Am. Institute for Economic Research

Tuesday, August 19

Gavin Newsom's Self-Serving Use of Shady Statistics

Chuck DeVore The Daily Caller

Black Women Are Being Pushed from Workforce En Masse

Rafi Schwartz The Week

The IRS Is Trying to Uphold Core Liberal Principle

Benjamin Leff The New York Times

One Man’s Poison Is Another's Cure

Arthur Diamond Foundation for Economic Education

HL Mencken Knew the ‘Merchants of Delusion’

Donald Boudreaux The Daily Economy

What Goods Truly Cost More Under Trump

Erica Sandberg U.S. News & World Report

Wednesday, August 20

Why 2025 Is the Year to Invest in International Stocks

Dan Lefkovitz Morningstar

Businesses in ‘Survival Mode’ as Trump Tariffs Pile Up

Daisuke Wakabayashi NYT

Econ 101: A Compass for a Lost Country

Vance Ginn The Daily Economy

The ESG Bubble Is Bursting

James R. Copland City Journal

The Downside Of Index Funds & ETFs

Brett Arends Marketwatch

Biden Paid $89 Million For 55 Electric Motorcycles

Tosin Akintola Reason

Thursday, August 21

Powell Is on the Cusp of Taking a Big Gamble With US Economy

Colby Smith NYT

How Self-Driving Cars Will Reshape American Cities

Jordan McGillis City Journal

The New Economic Geography

Adam S. Posen Foreign Affairs

How The Jackson Hole Conference Could Look Next Year

Brett Arends MW

AI Isn't Taking Jobs Yet But We Aren't Prepared For It

Will Raderman Barrons

What A US Sovereign Wealth Fund Means For Investors

Winston Marshall CFAI

Friday, August 22

Crony Capitalism: How Trump Is Capturing The Private Sector

Sam Sutton Politico

This Classic Investment Strategy Is Still Alive in 2025

Amy C. Arnott Morningstar

Why Is The Fed Revising its Framework Again?

William J. Luther The Daily Economy

Wall Street Is Starting To Have Serious Doubts About AI

Joe Wilkins Futurism

Retailers Have Eaten Tariffs So Far. Now It's Your Turn.

Sabrina Escobar Barrons

Social Security's Inflation Protection Is A Great Deal

Mark Hulbert MarketWatch