RealClearMarkets Week of October 6, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 6

A Retiree's Stocks Were Quietly Stolen From IRA

Tara Siegel Bernard New York Times

Tumbling Over Laffer's Curve In Search of Clarity

Theodore Dalrymple Law & Liberty

Musk Wants Viewers to Boycott Netflix, w/Good Reason

Nicole Russell USA Today

World Cup Stadiums Are In Morocco, But What About Hospitals?

Jake Scott FEE

The U.S. Economy Is Big, But Could Be Much Bigger

Dan Varroney RealClearPolitics

Looking Back At the 1970s 'Hard Hat Riot' v Protesters

Vincent Cannato City Journal

What If They Shut Down, and No One Cared?

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Tuesday, October 7

Hidden Cost to Dem Benefits as Shutdown Continues

Jason Richwine New York Post

Can President Trump Really Decree Reduced Drug Prices?

Joel Mathis The Week

Trump's Flight Deregulation Will Lower Fares, Reduce Delays

Stephen Moore Fox

Weak Dollar Threatens Long-Term Growth: John Tamny

Dan Proft Dan Proft Show

How to Fix Consumer Financial Protection

Solveig Singleton & Jerome Famularo Cato

Contra His Promises, Trump Eyes Changes to Social Security

Steve Benen MSNBC

Econ. Growth: Environment's Best Hope

Pedro Urso Foundation for Economic Education

Wednesday, October 8

How Trump Could End Soc. Security Tax

Maryalene LaPonsie U.S. News & World Report

AI Must Benefit Us All, Not Just a Handful of Billionaires

Bernie Sanders Fox News

Dems' Shutdown Aids the Rich At the Expense of the Poor

Patrice Onwuka The Hill

Can Government Just Take Your Plane?

Katrina Gulliver Foundation for Econ. Education

Parents Flex Muscles With 'Cancel Netflix' Boycott

Bethany Mandel New York Post

Managerial Tyranny of Boomer Environmentalism

Richard Morrison Law & Liberty

Why the Erosion of Central Bank Independence Matters

Nicholas Cachanosky AIER

Thursday, October 9

Careful What You Wish For: AI's Downfall Would Hurt

Adam Clark Estes Vox

Cassidy-Kaine Social Security Bill Is A Bad Idea

Alicia H. Munnell CRR

Why the Erosion of Fed Independence Matters

Nicolas Cachanosky The Daily Economy

America’s Growing Shadow Economy

Chris Pope City Journal

Investors Don't Fear The Shutdown. Maybe They Should

Christopher Smart Barrons

The Old Reliable

Mark Hulbert MarketWatch

Friday, October 10

Bubble Or Not, AI Spending Binge Is Unprecedented

Adam Levine Barrons

Government Shutdown Just Adds To Farmers' Anxieties

Rachel Shin Politico

The EV Juggernaut Isn't A Car, Truck Or Motorcycle

Lawrence Ulrich IEEE Spectrum

How Not to Run a Household — or a Country

Donald Boudreaux The Daily Economy

4 Ideas That Would Actually Reduce Healthcare Costs

Veronique de Rugy Reason

Inflation Was Moving In The Right Direction Until Tariffs

Ana Elena Azpúrua HBS