RealClearMarkets Week of January 12, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 12

Paramount Sits Waiting, Ready to Upend NFLX Bid

Charles Gasparino New York Post

Trump’s $100B Venezuela Pitch Meets Industry Skepticism

Sydney Carruth MSNBC

The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next CEO

Kalley Huang & Tripp Mickle New York Times

How Entrepreneurial Freedom Will Surge In Age of AI

Kevin Frazier Civitas Institute

SCOTUS Must Stop Louisiana Grift Against Energy Firms

William Barr Fox News

Are Free Traders Materialistic, or Are the Protectionists?

Donald Boudreaux TDE

Tuesday, January 13

Zohran Mamdani's Grand Vision Meets w/Budget Reality

Nicole Gelinas City Journal

Mamdani Signals Dangerous Truth of Housing Plan

Howard Husock New York Post

SCOTUS Hearing On Fed Helpfully Follows Criminal Probe

Jordan Rubin MS NOW

Money Laundering a Spying, Bullying Excuse

Christopher Lingle & Emile Phaneuf AIER

Good News! We Will Never Run Out of Oil

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Trump Credit Card Cap Requires Congressional Approval

Adriana Ocanas U.S. News

What Britain Can Do to Avoid Decline

Mitchell Palmer Foundation for Economic Education

Wednesday, January 14

Prosecuting Jerome Powell Will Backfire On Team Trump

Editorial New York Post

Trump's Powell Scheming Paves Road to Ruin

Thomas Friedman The New York Times

Mitigating Energy Uncertainty That Saps Our Economic Health

John Tamny RCM

The Way We Work Has Changed. Our Benefits Have Not

Judy Pino RealClearPolicy

Could President Trump's Rate Cap Kill Your Credit Card?

Adriana Ocanas U.S. News

Capitalism's Supporters: Presently On the Back Foot

George Hawley Law & Liberty

Thursday, January 15

Markets Will Break China's Rare Earth 'Monopoly'

Walter Donway The Daily Economy

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Amy Nordrum MIT Technology Review

The Haves, Have-Nots & Have-Lots Economy

Jim VandeHei Axios

Omen? AI Related Layoffs Keep Coming

Pavithra Mohan Fastcompany

Growth Paradox: Understanding Emerging Markets

Larry Swedroe Larry’s Substack

Why LA Homes Aren't Getting Rebuilt Since The Fires

Umair Irfan Grist

Friday, January 16

The Middle Class Is Shrinking For Good Reasons

Veronique de Rugy Reason

Another Good Reason To Keep Private Funds Out of 401ks

Jason Zweig WSJ

Stock Strategy for 2026: ‘Don’t Fight the White House’

Joe Rennison NY Times

When Housing Policy Becomes Monetary Policy

Jerome Famularo Cato

The Obscure Bank Collapse That Sent Iran Into A Tailspin

Jared Malsin MSN

How Sovereign Wealth Funds May Soon Run Afoul of the IRS

Toby Nangle FTAV