March 20, 2017 Archives

Week of March 20, 2017 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, March 20

The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency

Jane Mayer, TNY

'Russian Hacking' of Election 2016 Is Not Remotely Serious

John Tamny, Forbes

Once Upon a Time, There Was a Trump Rally ...

Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg

Trump's 'Skinny Budget': The Good, the Bad, the Missing

Alison Acosta Winters, RCM

Trump's Proposed Budget Cuts Bankroll New Federal Waste

James Bovard, USAT

Trump Budget Moves Fiscal Policy in Right Direction

Steve Moore, Washington Times

Trump Needs Guidance on His Muddled Attempts at Job Creation

Tariffs Are Really Bad, But They're Not Income Tax Bad

Brian Domitrovic, Forbes

OCC's Unimaginative Approach to Innovation

Hester Peirce, Brian Knight, JW Verret, RCM

Stop Using Social Security to Fund Federal Waste

Jonathon Trugman, New York Post

Obamacare Aside, Health Insurer Profits Are Soaring

Jeff Sommer, New York Times

Marissa Mayer's Exit Bonus: Worse Than Obscene

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

Basic Steps to Figure Out How Much House You Can Afford

Matthew Frankel, MF

The Global Implications of Higher Interest Rates

Mark Whitehouse, Bloomberg View

Here's What You Should Know About the Federal Reserve

William Greider, The Nation

Tuesday, March 21

Global Billionaires Reach a Record, but It Could Be Many More

Steve Forbes, Forbes

Happy Nations Don't Focus on Economic Growth

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

Don't Buy Myth That Int'l Trade Increases Unemployment

Don Boudreaux, U.S. News

Inside the Global Web Of Partners Getting Rich Off Of Trump

Dan Alexander, Forbes

The U.S. Treasury, and the Exciting Arrival of David Malpass

John Tamny, RCM

Rex Tillerson Is Still Acting Like a Chief Executive Officer

Steve Coll, The New Yorker

It's Time for Principled to Expose Budget Turncoats

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

How Not to Regulate the New Economy

Robert Hahn, Robert Metcalfe, RealClearMarkets

The Battle Among Personal Assistants for Your Smartphone

Hayley Tsukayama, WP

Even SF, Flush With Tech Wealth, Has Pension Problems

Romy Varghese, Bloomberg

A Hidden War on Affordable Housing

Emily Hamilton, Foundation for Economic Education

How to Prevent Universities from Becoming Daycare

Reuven Brenner, Asia Times

A Theory on Why Wall Street's Decline Will Never End

Nicole Gelinas, New York Post

If 'Swan' Protections Is Expensive, Should Investors Worry?

Mark DeCambre, MW

A Long Course on Why You Should Be Short Financials

Doug Kass, RealMoney

The Stock Market Is Quiet — Perhaps Too Quiet

Anthony Mirhaydari, The Fiscal Times

California's Boondoggle Bullet-Train Goes Off The (Fiscal) Rails

Editorial, Investor's

Wednesday, March 22

Great News at U.S. Factories Will Terrify Witless Politicians

Kevin Williamson, NRO

David Ricardo's Brilliant Insight Is More Important Than Ever

Donald Boudreaux, PTR

Is a Nightmarish Civil War Brewing Inside Fox News?

Sarah Ellison, Vanity Fair

Does Rex Tillerson Know He's Not a CEO Anymore?

Jon Friedman, USA Today

6 Years On, Why Economists Missed Arab Spring

Hassan Hakimian, Project Syndicate

China Is Poised to Compete in the Tech Revolution

Niall Ferguson, Boston Globe

Lest Unilever Forget, Profit Is the Sole Purpose of Business

Charles Sauer, RCM

How Cliff Asness Created the 'Vanguard' of Hedge Funds

Nathan Vardi, Forbes

The Quiet Bear Market That's Revealing Itself in Bonds

Ben Emons, Bloomberg View

What History Says Stocks Will Do After the Sharp Drop

Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch

Inequality: Death Sentence for the American People?

Neil Gilbert, American Interest

The Days of Owning a Car Could Be An Anachronism

Brian Fung, Washington Post

Suffocating Housing Regulations Driving California to the Brink

Kerry Jackson, CJ

In Donald Trump's Budget, America Comes Last

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

Repealing the ObamaCare Train Wreck Has Become a Train Wreck

Why Trump Thinks Passing Terrible Health Bill Is Sensible

Jonathan Chait, New York

Thursday, March 23

For One to Promise Free Things Is to Shamefully Lie

Ben Shapiro, National Review

The Truth About Angry White Working Class Men

Jill Filipovic, USA Today

To Boost Economy, Leave Paris Deal Now

Steve Moore & Timothy Doescher, Investor's

'Gig' Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death

Jia Talentino, The New Yorker

The Technology Miracle In U.S. Shale Is Major Media Myth

Art Berman, OilPrice.com

Seeking Your College Application Essays About Money

Ron Lieber, New York Times

Why It's a Record Year for Self-Made Female Billionaires

Chloe Sorvino, Forbes

Chuck Brunie: Free Market Champion, Investor Exemplar

R. Emmett Tyrrell, TAS

Silicon Valley Tech Savvy Not the Same as Wisdom

David Gelertner, Weekly Standard

NYC Spends $1.2B Annually on Homeless, Problem Gets Worse

Trump's Misplaced Priorities Imperil His Economic Agenda

Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg

Donald Trump's Budget Paves the Road to Fiscal Failure

Richard Ebeling, FEE

Republicans Are Losing the Healthcare War to 'Win' a Battle

Jeffrey Dorfman, RCM

The Market Has Rendered Verdict on Passage of Trumpcare

Jen Wieczner, Fortune

Friday, March 24

Trump Tax Pages Raise Decade's Worth of Questions

James Stewart, New York Times

There's Nothing Conservatie About a Carbon Tax

Thomas Pyle, National Review

Could Investigations of Trump Be Roiling Investors?

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

Is Mr. Market Playing the Role of Pavlov's Dog?

David Rosenberg, Gluskin Sheff

This Is Not the Time for You to Bury Your Head in the Sand

Doug Kass, RealMoney

The Stock Market Has a Half Trillion Dollar Problem

Simon Constable, Forbes

History Is No Help When Handicapping the Bond Market

Ben Carlson, Bloomberg

Ever-Expanding Reach of Anti-Tobacco Zealots

Steven Greenhut, American Spectator

People Without Degress Drive a Major Increase in Death Rates

Matt Pearce, LAT

More Evidence Why People Shouldn't Be Forced Into Unions

George Leef, Forbes

Rents In The Megacities Of The World Can't Go Up Forever

Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg

Why the Federal Reserve Paid Banks Not to Lend

Caroline Baum, MarketWatch

The Recovery Fantasy Has Officially Been Put Out of Mind

Jeffrey Snider, RCM

Trump's SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem

David Dayen, TN

The SEC Must Protect Families, Not Corporations

Elizabeth Warren & Joe Donnelly, WP

Saturday, March 25

What Californians Could Build Using $64 Billion Bullet Train Budget

Earth Is Bad For the Poor: Failure of Good Eco-Intentions

Bjorn Lomborg, USA Today

Immigrants Are Making the U.S. Economy a Lot Stronger

Noah Smith, Bloomberg

Here's Where David Rockefeller Was Different

Eddy Elfenbein, New York Observer

Philosophy Trumps an MBA When Running a Company

Matthew Stewart, The Atlantic

Here's How You Can Log Off of Facebook Forever

Christopher Mele, New York Times

EuroSclerosis: On 60th Birtday, EU Is Falling Apart

Editorial, Investor's Business Daily

Why Freedom Caucus Is Right to Be Skeptical About Ryancare

Jeffrey Tucker, FEE

Trump To Ryan: You're Fired From Tax Reform

Jed Graham, Investor's Business Daily

Markets Are Witnessing a Janet Yellen Fed at Its Humblest

Tim Duy, Bloomberg

Stock-Market Volatility Threatens a Glorious Return

Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch

The Best Investment Strategy Today: Be Optimistic and Short

Jared Dillian, Mauldin