RealClearMarkets Week of August 10, 2026 Archives

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Monday, August 10

The Real Investment Capital Gains Tax Is 50%

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

The Different Face of Poverty In the United States

Nicholas Kristof New York Times

Trump's Tariffs Will Go Down as His Biggest Policy Failure

Merrill Matthews The Hill

Silicon Valley Has Embraced An Odd New Faith

Geoff Shullenberger Washington Post

The United Auto Workers Turn to Academics, and Politics

Sean Speer City Journal

Rediscovering Advantage of Business Schools

Kimberlee Josephson Daily Economy

Could LA Villain Trump Make Hollywood Great Again?

Christian Toto California Post

Tuesday, August 11

The Stock Market Is Finally Rising Again, Plus It's Cheaper

Alex Rosenberg Barron's

$570k Pension for NY Lifeguard: Tip of Corruption Iceberg

Editorial New York Post

The Antidote to Socialism Isn't More Big GOP Government

Emily Seidel USA Today

When the Federal Budget Will Break, Quite Disastrously

Editorial Washington Post

We're Still Learning the Damage Musk and DOGE Wrought

Hayes Brown MS NOW

When Another Central Bank Trimmed Forward Guidance

Jules Rimmer MarketWatch

Wednesday, August 12

Why Trump Shouldn't Save Hollywood w/a Tax Credit

Jon Fleischman California Post

Private Equity Stuck with 33,575 Unsold Businesses

Maureen Farrell New York Times

CA's Plan to Block Paramount/WBD Merger Will Flop

Steve Marshall Washington Post

Comparing Biden to Trump on Affordability

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

An Eye Implant That Can Restore Vision Has Been Approved

Devika Rao The Week

What's the Social Security COLA For '27?

Maryalene LaPonsie U.S. News & World Report

Thursday, August 13

The World Economy Is Swerving, Destination Unknown

Mohamed A. El-Erian PS

Different This Time? The AI Growth Paradox

Kenneth S. Rogoff Foreign Affairs

Japan’s Debt Crisis Is a Global Warning

John Phelan The Daily Economy

What Critics Get Wrong About the 60/40 Portfolio

Jason Kephart Morningstar

Trump's Forever Tariffs Kick In, US Consumers Pay

Kent Jones The Conversation

The Jones Act Isn't The Only Law That Needs Repealing

Veronique de Rugy Reason

Friday, August 14

Next Global Economic Crisis: Made in China?

Michael B. G. Froman Foreign Affairs

The Chart That Crushes The Bear's Case

Alfonso De Pablos All Star Charts

Making The US Economy A Safe Place For Corruption

Casey Michel The Atlantic

Still Trying to Time The Market? Why It's So Hard

Mark Hulbert Marketwatch

Your Retirement Fund May Not Go As Far As You Think

Sheryl Rowling Morningstar

After The Great Wealth Transfer, The Great Disappointment

Jason Ma Fortune