June 25, 2018 Archives

Week of June 25, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, June 25

Venezuela and Socialism: A Reminder That Rich Isn't Forever

Kevin Williamson, NRO

Businesses Salivating Over Open North Korea. Should They?

Brian Finlay, Fortune

The Lived Reality of Socialism Is Death and Repression

Lawrence McQuillan, FEE

Don't Buy Into All the Alarmism About Social Security's Insolvency

Ken Fisher, USA

If In Your 50s, Here's How to Get Serious About Retirement

Sarah O'Brien, CNBC

Buy High, Sell Low with Index Funds!

Rob Arnott, Vitali Kalesnik & Lillian Wu, Research Aff.

For Workers, the Market Has Seldom Been Better

Stephen Moore, Washington Times

Everyone Loses In Trump's Trade War with China

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Kawhi Leonard Could Calm All the Paranoia About China & ZTE

John Tamny, Forbes

Trump's Sweeping Re-Org Would Help Workers, Won't Get Done

Editorial, Investor's

What Stress? It's a Great Time Right Now to Be a Bank

Peter Eavis, New York Times

Supreme Court Just Gave States More Tax Power

Andrew Wilford, American Spectator

AT&T-Time Warner Merger Is Already What Government Feared

David Dayen, TNR

When It Comes to Boosting Your Health, Soda Taxes Don't Work

Adam Brandon, WT

Tuesday, June 26

Shares of 'Failing New York Times' Have Had Great Run Under Trump

This Hit to the DJIA Could Be Triggering a Buying Signal

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

North Korea Negotiations Rest on Fraudulent Econ. Principle

Peter Schwartz, RCM

Trump's Protectionism Will Shield U.S. Farmers from China

Sonny Perdue, USA Today

Would You Refuse a Cancer Cure Manufactured In North Korea?

John Tamny, RCM

Who Gets to Live In the Always Banal Silicon Valley?

Ingrid Burrington, The Atlantic

New Tax Form Is Postcard-Size, More Complicated Than Ever

Jim Tankersley, NYT

Min. Wage Is 80. Economists Don't Give It Enough Credit

James Galbraith, Fortune

U.N. Report Faults Trump For Poverty Under Obama; Media Fall For It

The Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Will Boost U.S. Economy

Bill Walton, RealClearMarkets

Detroit Rejoices Ford Train-Station Buy; Shareholders Wonder

Joann Muller, Forbes

A Basic Central American Fact That Ensures No Immigration Fix

Richard Rahn, WT

The Cost of Providing Health Care to Illegal Aliens

David Catron, American Spectator

Natural Gas Sourced In U.S. Is Fueling World's Future

Rick Perry, Washington Examiner

Wednesday, June 27

Will the Profligate & Entitled Baby Boomers Leave U.S. in Bust?

Judd Gregg, The Hill

Due To Tax Cuts, Overseas Profits Flooding Back To U.S.

Editorial, Investor's Business

I'm Huawei Security Chief. Banning Us Won't Make U.S. Safer

Donald Purdy, Fortune

Trade Isn't Fair Since Some Gain Wealth From It

Timothy Meyer & Ganesh Sitaraman, FA

Investors Like G.E. Shrink Plan. Nelson Peltz, Especially.

Michael De La Merced, NYT

What If the Federal Government Is Well Beyond Streamlining?

Wayne Crews, Forbes

The CFPB Has An Entire Industry In Regulatory Limbo

Ed D'Alessio, RealClearMarkets

How Environmental Causes Shield 'Dark Money'

Terry Anderson, Washington Times

Congress Should Clarify Tax Law on Bitcoin and Other Crypto

Johnny Kampis, TAS

Harley-Davidson's Overseas Move About More Than Tariffs

Krishnadev Calamur, TA

Trump Drives Out Harley In the Name of Jingoism

Christian Schneider, Milwaukee JS

Travel Ban Puts U.S. Brain Drain In Overdrive

Sam Stein & Tanya Basu, The Daily Beast

Encouraging News for Those Who Want to Join the Ranks of Rich

Paul Katzeff, IBD

Steps to Building a Better Nest Egg for Retirement Years

Robert Powell, USA Today

No Nest Egg? How You Can Pull Off Retirement Anyway

Maurie Backman, Motley Fool

Thursday, June 28

Don't Be Gullible, Bezos Runs Washington Post Like a Business

Alex Shephard, TNR

The Next Bear Stock Market Will Spark Retirement Crisis

Howard Gold, MarketWatch

Could Mark Zuckerberg Face a Coup d'État at Facebook?

Maya Kosoff, Vanity Fair

Facebook and Other Social Networks May Be Too Big to Succeed

Jeff Stibel, USAT

Bourbon Is the Latest Victim of Trump's Trade War

Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic

Harley-Davidson Deserves Trump's Wrath - Mostly

Doug Bandow, American Spectator

Trump's Trade War Won't Hurt China, Could Hurt U.S. Tech

Zachary Karabell, Wired

After a Hard Left Turn, Will Dems Officially Admit They're Socialist?

Confused About Blockchain? Here's What You Need to Know.

Nathaniel Popper, NYT

We're Arguably at "Peak Housing." Here's What It Means

Andrea Riquier, MarketWatch

Janus Gives Workers New Rights - Don't Let States Violate Them

Terence Pell, WE

With Janus, Supreme Court Attacks Freedom of Working People

Lee Saunders, USA

Why Supreme Court's Sales Tax Vote Doesn't Bother Me

John Crudele, New York Post

SCOTUS Internet-Tax Decision Means Congress Must Set Limit

Steven Malanga, MI

Friday, June 29

Will 'Janus' Prove the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared?

Gabriel Winant, TN

Post Janus, Unions Brace for 'Worst'

Moriah Balingit & D. Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post

Trump Tax Cuts Nurturing a Small-Business Boom

Linda McMahon, Washington Times

How Big Pharma Was Captured by the One Percent

Alexander Zaitchik, New Republic

CA's Costly Warming Campaign Turns Out Less Than Useless

Editorial, Investor's

What to Think About If You're Considering a Retirement Annuity

Russ Wiles, TAR

A Continuation of All That's Been Wrong for 11 Years

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

Thoughts on Why Gold's Losing Streak Might Get Worse

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

Why Is There 'Gaming Disorder', But No 'Smartphone Disorder?'

Ian Bogost, Atlantic

The Man Behind Amazon's Health Plan

Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn, American Spectator

In China, There's An Alternative Internet Universe

Ruchir Sharma, New York Times

Things That Should Happen for Driverless Cars to Go Mainstream

Eric Ellis, Fortune

Donald Trump Threatens to Turn Harley-Davidson Into Roadkill

Editorial, USA Today

A Global Trade War Will Do the United States No Good

Bob Luddy, American Spectator

Saturday, June 30

Kudlow Has Ditched the Phillips Curve—and It’s Not Crazy

Edmund Heaphy, Quartz

Is the Deficit 'Coming Down Rapidly' as Kudlow Claimed?

Holmes Lybrand, TWS

Trump's Private Threat to Upend Global Trade

Jonathan Swan, Axios

Trump Versus Harley-Davidson

Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Beating Elizabeth Warren at Her Own Game

Ronald Rubin, The Weekly Standard

Scott Pruitt Is Now Waging a War on Economics

Rob Verchick, Los Angeles Times

How Facebook's Shift Is Sinking Midsized News Publications

Will Oremus, Slate

D.C. Boosts Taxes on Uber 500% to Pay for Busted Metro

Christian Britschgi, Reason

Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Construction Industry

Amanda Kolson Hurley, CityLab

Severe Trucker Shortage Could Undermine Prosperous Economy

Heather Long, WP

These Jobs Are Most Susceptible to Automation

Kate Elizabeth Queram, Route Fifty

How to Survive When Money Is Worthless

Casey & McDonald, The New York Times