RealClearMarkets Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 16

Iran Oil Price Impact: Mark Mills, James Taylor

David DesRosiers Real America's Voice

Crude Oil vs. Gasoline: How the Prices Diverge

Tim Smart U.S. News & World Report

San Luis Obispo: the High Cost of Affordable Housing

David Deerson California Post

Congress Must Stop Rewarding State Waste

Jodey Arrington & Rachel Greszler The Hill

Trump's Promised Boom Collides With War

Tony Romm & Colby Smith New York Times

Trump’s FCC Threatens News Sources for Iran Coverage

Clarissa-Jan Lim MS NOW

Howard Schultz Ditches Seattle Post Wealth Tax Vote

Surse Pierpoint Daily Economy

Tuesday, March 17

Why the American Dream Now Has Succession Plan

Lydia Moynihan New York Post

City Under Fire: Could This Be the End of Dubai?

Richard Florida The New York Times

Two Dem Sens. Talk Tax Cuts, Left Goes Nuts

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Covid-Era Forecasting Fails Call for Return to Monetary Basics

Alex Pollock L & L

Could $1 Trillion Deal With Iran Re-Open Strait of Hormuz?

Harlan Ullman The Hill

Books Why the 'Guns & Butter' Tradeoff Is a Straw Man

David Hebert Acton Institute

Cato: Right About Immigrants, Wrong That They Lower Debt

John Tamny RealClear

Wednesday, March 18

Debt Can: Harder to Kick

Timothy Nash Bob Thomas George Lang & Tom Rastin RealClear

The Economy Has Four Problems That the Fed Can't Fix

Nicole Goodkind Barron's

What's Jones Act? Why Does Trump Want to Wave It?

Taylor Herzlich New York Post

New York Banned Fracking, and Stuck the Poor With the Bill

Dan Doyle Fox News

Louisiana's Empty Crawfish Plants Shine a Light On Trump

Kevin McGill MS NOW

Why the Starbucks Revamp Might Not Win Younger Crowd

Bill Peters Marketwatch

Thursday, March 19

Good Riddance to Corporate Social Responsibility

Diane Coyle Foreign Affairs

The Brilliant Existence of Oil & AI Is All That Matters

John Tamny RealClearMarkets

Can Companies Buy Their Way Into the S&P 500?

Shang-Jin Wei Project Syndicate

How Much, How Fast And For Whom Is The Strait Open?

James Gutman Carlyle

The Luck of the Irish: Multinationals Still Prefer Irish Taxes

Brad W. Setser CFR

How to Buy an Annuity: Where, How Much And When

Christine Benz Morningstar

Friday, March 20

How To Trade The War: Don't Do Anything Stupid

Jason Zweig Wall Street Journal

The Best AI Investments Might be In Energy Tech

Tim De Chant TechCrunch

First Mover Disadvantage? ChatGPT's Myspace Dilemma

Ian Bogost The Atlantic

How America’s War on Iran Backfired

Nate Swanson Foreign Affairs

The J-Curve: The AI Economy's Hidden Bottleneck

James Pethokoukis AEIdeas

Could The US Really Release More Oil From The SPR?

Robin Wigglesworth FTAV

The Bear Market Survival Kit (Drugs Not Included)

Mark Crothers Humble Dollar