RealClearMarkets Week of August 17, 2026 Archives

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Monday, August 17

Troubling Polling News About California's Billionaires' Tax

Editorial California Post

With Money at Stake, Pressure Up to Share AI Wealth

Tony Romm New York Times

Milton Friedman Lives, Contra Lefty Attempts to Bury Him

Michael Munger Civitas

Transitioning to Dollar Is Venezuela's Recovery Route

Nick Snyder Washington Post

Walmart & Target About to Reveal Health of the Consumer

Bill Peters Marketwatch

Artificial Intelligence Can't and Won't Replace Human Judgement

Sean Speer CJ

The United States Can't Afford To Stop Building Its AI Future

Austin Keyser The Hill

Tuesday, August 18

Mark Cuban Schooled Ro Khanna on the CA Billionaire Tax

Editorial California Post

Let's Build Fiscal Insurance For the AI Era

Douglas Elmendorf & Louise Sheiner The Hill

Silicon Valley Hasn't Changed, Customers Did

Sharon Weinberger The New York Times

We Need "Kill Switch" Before Artificial Intelligence Disaster Strikes

Ted Lieu Fox

Don't Drain the Colorado River: Create Water Instead

Jim Madaffer Washington Post

DSA Honors Their Patron Saint- Fidel Castro

Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Donald Trump Announced Drone Tariffs, Donald Jr Made Out

Ja'han Jones MSNBC

Wednesday, August 19

The US Economy Is Still Running Hot

Ryan Avent FT Alphaville

The Cost of Keeping China Out

Peter Cowhey & Meg Rithmire Foreign Affairs

The Myth of the China Shock

Michael R. Strain Project Syndicate

Why Active Fund Managers Lose: Trading Too Much

Larry Swedroe WM

Why Bessent Is Playing With The Treasury Market

James Mackintosh Streetwise

Anchovies and Blueberries – Why El Niño matters

Nick Smallwood Bond Vigilantes

Thursday, August 20

The Index Fund Turns 50: How Jack Bogle Changed Investing

Allan Roth MStar

Let The Social Security Trust Fund Go To Zero

Jeffrey Miron Cato @ Liberty

Don’t Let Washington Pick the Next Apple

Stefan Bartl The Daily Economy

Why US Bond Markets Are Trembling

Jim O'Neill Project Syndicate

Retirees: An Investment That Gives 5% Safe Withdrawal Rate

Mark Hulbert MW

Why The 'Simple' Billionaire Wealth Tax is Not So Simple

Veronique de Rugy Reason

Friday, August 21

US Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots

Iain Murray Daily Economy

A China Strategy That Lasts

Bill Cassidy Foreign Affairs

The Dollar's Outer Defenses Have Been Breached

Harold James Project Syndicate

The Treasury Market's Safe Haven Status Is Fading

Greg Ip Capital Account

How A.I. Borrowing Drives Up Government Bond Yields

Joe Rennison NY Times

An Ungrateful Public Underappreciates Data Centers

Christian Britschgi Reason