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