August 4, 2014 Archives

Week of August 4, 2014 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, August 4

Investors Should Cheer On The Golf-Playing Obama

John Tamny, Forbes

Obama Deserves a Lot of Credit For Financial Fixes

Paul Krugman, NYT

Border Patrols Attempt To Repeal Economics

Alex Nowrasteh, USA Today

Close Loopholes That Allow Inversions

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

The Horrid Economic Consequences of Word War I

Steve Forbes, Forbes

The Millennials' Failure to Launch

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Tackling Stereotypes Before You Have a Job Interview

Dennis Nishi, WSJ

Is Long-Term Unemployment Returning to Normal?

Jeff Dorfman, RCM

Jobs Reveal Keynesian Cluelessness

Louis Woodhill, Unconventional Logic

To Grow, Let a Thousand Checkbooks Bloom

George Bittlingmayer, RCM

'Goldilocks' Economy Is Just Right For Stock Investors

Jeff Sommer, NYT

What To Do When Stocks & Bonds Yield Nothing

Jonathan Clements, WSJ

Investors OK With Overpaying for Revenue Growth

Jon Trugman, NYP

Warning: The Stock Correction's Just Beginning

Ben Eisen, MarketWatch

The Lies Spread to Keep the Markets Unfair

Brad Katsuyama, Bloomberg

The Economy Is The Bull Market's Biggest Threat

Maria Bartiromo, USAT

Tuesday, August 5

Have Most Econ Indicators Improved Under Obama?

Josh Zumbrun, WSJ

Barack Obama's Empty Economic Boasts

Charles Gasparino, New York Post

Seven Reasons the Economy Is In Solid Shape

Jeff Reeves, MarketWatch

The Five Sectors That Explain Weak Economy

Neil Irwin, New York Times

Barack Obama: The New Trickle-Down President?

Jeff Cox, CNBC

Obama Suspiciously Takes Credit For the Rally

Elizabeth MacDonald, Fox

A Pullback, or the Beginning of a Bear Market?

Adam Shell, USA Today

The Silly Myth About Zero Rates Boosting the Market

John Tamny, RCM

Prepare Your Portfolio for Inflation

Jim Nelson & Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific

The Mafia Guide to Upward Mobility

Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker

Hours Worked Is Ignored In Inequality Debate

Tino Sanandaji, American

How You Can Invest Like a Hedge Fund Does

Copeland & Zuckerman, WSJ

Now Every McD's Franchisee Is Worth Suing

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RCM

Trip to Buffett's Omaha Spurs Icahn Appreciation

Vitaliy Katsenelson, II

How CEOs Run the Modern Company Blindfolded

Joel Trammell, Forbes

$100M For 'Big Bang Theory' Cast Is Not Enough

Josef Adalian, New York

Unfunded Retiree Healthcare Is Elephant In the Room

Robert Pozen,RCM

Wednesday, August 6

How To Really Turn The American Economy Around

Charles Koch, USAT

The Economy Grows Faster Under Dem Presidents

Jared Bernstein, NYT

Obama's Economic Patriotism Is the Scoundrel's Refuge

Fred Barnes, WS

Demonizing the 1%: The Most Impoverishing Act of All

J.T. Young, RCM

Countries Must Stop Using Tax Breaks to Lure Companies

Editorial, NYT

Those Corporate 'Inversions' Prop Up Gov't Pensions

Liz MacDonald, Fox

'Tax Havens' Shower Booming Revenues

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Ed Dolan, RCM

We're Becoming Less Entrepreneurial

Annie Lowrey, New York Magazine

The Real 'Systemic Risk' Is FDIC's Resolution Process

Paul Kupiec, RCM

Here's How To Know If It's Time for a Correction

L.A. Little, MarketWatch

The Market Trend Is Your Friend, Until It Isn't

Noah Smith, Bloomberg

Markets Reveal Things Aren't as They Always Seem

Doug Kass, TheStreet

Fault In Our Private Equity Stars

Andrew Blackman, Wall Street Journal

Why An Aggressive Russia Scares Markets the Most

Patti Domm, CNBC

Why the Jumbo Mortgages of the 2000s Are Doomed

Keith Jurow, DShort

Lavish Clubhouses Woo Well-Heeled

Katy McLaughlin,Wall Street Journal

Thursday, August 7

Low Tax States Are Where the Jobs Are Created

Stephen Moore, Investor's

Every Corporate Tax Loophole Has Lover

Patricia Cohen, New York Times

Where Did the Jobs for Uni Grads Go?

Lauren Weber & Melissa Korn, WSJ

Reading Thomas Piketty Through the Lens of Gender

Various, Nation

2014 vs. 1989: It's Different This Time

Doug Kass, TheStreet.com

The Limits of the Left On the Economy

Kevin Williamson, National Review

Don't Be Fooled, Fed's Exit Won't Be Easy

John Makin, RealClearMarkets

Why the Global Economic Recovery Goes So Slow

Edward Hadas, Reuters

The Big Banks Will Not Die In Peaceful Fashion

Stephen Gandel, Fortune

Wall Street's Urge to Merge Isn't Crazy Yet

John Waggoner, USA Today

How GM Can Grow Sans Killing People

Edward Niedermeyer, Bloomberg

Jeff Bezos Will Be 21st Century Citizen Kane

Jon Friedman, MarketWatch

Does Hosting the Olympics Aid the Economy?

Binyamin Appelbaum, NYT

Who Is the Beverly Hills Hotel Boycott Hurting?

Mark Seal, Vanity Fair

Londoners Cash In On Pricey Houses

Ruth Bloomfield, Wall Street Journal

Before Its Defaults, Argentina At One Time Boomed

Alex Chafuen, Forbes

Friday, August 8

How Obama Can Stop Inversions Now

Victor Fleischer, New York Times

Wall Street Didn't Win. Reform Is Working

Michael Grunwald, TIME

Anniversary of Market Event that Changed Everything

Jeff Snider, RCM

In Jersey, Jeffrey Bell Is Running Against Janet Yellen

Seth Lipsky, NYS

Inequality Is a Drag on the Economy

Paul Krugman, New York Times

In Defense of Price Gouging and Profiteering

Benjamin Zycher, American