RealClearMarkets Week of February 23, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 23

Mamdani Spending Frenzy Will Lead NYC to Rapid Decline

Charles Gasparino NYP

Will Tariff Ruling 'Destroy United States of America'?

Natasha Sarin New York Times

On Tariffs, Supremes Provide Us a Bit More Clarity

Market Minder Fisherinvestments

We Need Immigrants: ICE Doing More Harm Than Good

Sheldon Jacobson The Hill

Why Does President Trump Want Greenland?

Matt Whitaker U.S. News & World Report

GDP Data Indicate That the U.S. Ended 2025 On a Weak Note

Steve Benen MSNBC

Tuesday, February 24

"Mansion Tax" That Pulled the Wool Over Los Angeles Eyes

Editorial California Post

Tariffs Not Economically Positive, But Won't Spark Inflation

Market Minder Fisher

Tariff Ruling: Victory for Checks & Balances

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Major Tariff Question? Not Really, Tax Is For Congress

John McGinnis Law & Liberty

Why Is U.S. Healthcare So Expensive?

Bryan Theunissen Foundation for Econ. Education

How Poland Forged Its Econ Freedom

Harry Phibbs Foundation for Economic Education

X Challenges a €120m Fine Under the EU Censorship Law

Various ADF International

Wednesday, February 25

Scandal Scarred Kristi Noem Wants Us To Buy Her a Plane

Rachel Maddow MSNBC

The Left Turns From Culture Wars to Economic Wars

Christopher Rufo City Journal

Costco vs. BJ's: Which Is the Better Deal?

Dawn Papandrea U.S. News & World Report

Economic SOTU: Government Measures of Inflation Are Way Down

Editors CTUP

Washington Doesn't Need Yet Another Rich Man's Golf Course

Bill Press The Hill

The Mirage and Disconnect Between Markets and Reality

Erik Ghirarduzzi Substack

Thursday, February 26

Why Trump Will Win The Tariff War

Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd

The 2026 Global Intelligence Crisis

Frank Flight Citadel Securities

How to Tax Billionaires

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect

Ai Can Do Many Things But Market Analysis? Nope.

John Rekenthaler Morningstar

Tariffs and the New Economic Lysenkoism

Peter C. Earle The Daily Economy

Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of An AI Ecoomic Victory

Desmond Lachman AEI

Friday, February 27

No, AI Isn't About To Kill The Software Industry

Harry McCracken Fast Company

4 Economic Myths Of Trump's Tariff Obsession

Veronique de Rugy Reason

America Can’t Tariff Its Way Out of This Debt Crisis

Romina Boccia Daily Economy

Trump’s Tariffs Add Steel Mill Jobs, Crushes Factories

Peter Goodman NY Times

The Inflation Spark That Could Ignite Deflation?

Robert Burrows Bond Vigilantes

No Increase In Ethanol Mandate Until EPA Fixes the System

Ike Brannon RealClear