September 24, 2018 Archives

Week of September 24, 2018 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, September 24

How the Myth of the 'Robber Barons' Began, and Why It Persists

Burton Folsom, FEE

Dabo Swinney, Clemson, and the Genius Of Rising Inequality

John Tamny, Forbes

Amazon Truly Wants to Be In Every Room In Your House

Christina Bonnington, Slate

Tariffs On China Are Paid For By U.S. Corporations

Allan Golombek, RealClearMarkets

Some Theorists Think Next Crash Will Be Worse Than 1930s

John Aidan Byrne, NYP

ESG Investing Increasingly Matters to Your Portfolio Returns

Ken Fisher, USA Today

The Horror of Shopping for Groceries In Brazil In '80s

Rodrigo Zeidan, New York Times

Defending Weinstein & Holmes, David Boies Pleads Not Guilty

James Stewart, NYT

His Encounter with Rich Ruler Was Jesus's Most Visible One

Jerry Bowyer, Town Hall

The Tax Cuts Have Been a Huge Boost for Middle Class

Editorial, Investor's Business

Paris Agreement for the Workers of the World Is Needed

Sarah Jones, New Republic

Trump Can Save GOP From Itself by Vetoing Big Spending Bill

Stephen Moore, WT

Democrats and Some Voters Increasingly Warm Up To Socialism

Juan Williams, Hill

Socialism Worked in Venezuela

Richard Salsman, American Institute for Economic Research

Tuesday, September 25

Why 'Conscious Capitalism' Is Far From Dead

Alexander McCobin & Ron Shaich, Fortune

The Unlikely, Obvious Solution to U.S./China Trade War

Yukon Huang, New York Times

The Cost of Trump's Tariffs Will Linger For a While

Allan Golombek, RealClearMarkets

Why We Should Truly Care About Economic Freedom

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Want To See What's Up Amazon's Sleeve? Take a Tour Of Seattle

Karen Weise, NYT

Tech Should Evaluate Its Biases Before Govt Intervenes

Reps. Scalise & Rodgers, USA

The Laughable Suggestion That Valley Giants Are Monopolies

John Tamny, L and L

Trillion Dollar Deficits in an Age of Prosperity

Hunt Lawrence & Daniel Flynn, Spectator

Got a Late Start on Retirement Planning? How to Catch Up

Peter Dunn, USA Today

One of the Only Humans at Work...And He Loves It

Danielle Paquette, Washington Post

It's Getting Harder for Int'l STEMs to Find Post-Grad Work

Amy Merrick, The Atlantic

"Going to Get Ugly." Interview w/Lehman Ex Larry McDonald

Christoph Gisiger, Finanz

Books: Boorish Financier's Misguided Journey of Self-Discovery

Tobias Carroll, TNR

New York's 'Lost Decade': Infrastructure Doesn't Match the Boom

Nicole Gelinas, CJ

Wednesday, September 26

Stock Markets Have a Kind of "What, Me Worry?" Attitude

Robert Burgess, Bloomberg

A Chart Shows Why Investor's Needn't Fear Rate Hikes

Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch

The Important Truth Behind Trump's Attack On Trade

John Judis, The New Republic

Why It's Important to Keep iPhone Production in China

Colin Grabow, The Examiner

The Trump Boom Is Real: Just Ask the Global Economy

Editorial, Investor's Business

Seeking Immigration Fixes, Reihan Salam Finds Non Sequiturs

John Tamny, RCM

Some of What You Need to Know About Delaying Social Security

Christy Bieber, MF

If Taxation Doesn't Lead to Rising Revenues, Why Bother?

Brian Domitrovic, Forbes

The Trouble With the Viral Growth of Cryptocurrency

Ross Hartshorn, New York Times

Apple News Gives the Media Everything It Wants—Except Money

Will Oremus, Slate

Conservatives Should Leave Big Tech Alone

Daniel Castro & Michael McLaughlin, USAT

Schumer Deserves Our Support As He Blocks Airline Seat Shrinkage

Has Hunting Become a Rich Man's Game?

Mike Leggett & Charley Locke, Texas Monthly

Speak Not Of Legislation As Law

Don Boudreaux, American Institute for Economic Research

Thursday, September 27

Why the Estate Tax Must Finally Go

Antony Davies & James Harrigan, Washington Examiner

Globalization's Greatest Triumph: Death of Extreme Poverty

Johan Norberg, The Hill

Lions Coach Patricia Might Cure the Right of Its China Obsession

The Promise & Possible Peril of America's 'Smart Cities'

Steven Malanga, City Journal

Venezuela Is An Ongoing Disaster. Time for a Coup?

Jorge Castaneda, New York Times

True CA Cynics Support Gas Tax Hikes and Bullet Trains

Steven Greenhut, Spectator

Why President Trump's Fed-Bashing Is Bad For the Economy

Owen Ullmann, USAT

This Threatens London's Financial Status More Than Brexit

Simon Constable, Forbes

What Does Avg. Household Have In Savings Account?

Maurie Backman, Motley Fool

Are Food Stamps Really Reducing Labor Costs for Amazon?

Robert Murphy, FEE

Instagram Has Drug Problem. Its Algorithms Make It Worse.

Elizabeth Dwoskin, WP

Inside Story Behind The Show That Changed TX Forever

Max Marshall, Texas Monthly

The Entitlement Crisis Is Looming

Yuval Levin & James Capretta, The Weekly Standard

Will U.S.'s Refusal To Curb Spending and Debt Cause Next Meltdown?

Friday, September 28

Whom to Thank for Growing Economy: Trump or Obama?

Michael Tanner, USA Today

Coming Economic Data Is Some of the Strongest We've Seen

Byron Wien, Blackstone

'Too Much $$$ Chasing Too Few Deals' Worries Howard Marks

Shawn Langlois, MW

Central Bankers Can't Even Get Small Things Right

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

Why Isn't Donald Trump Proud of American Trade "Deficits"?

Donald Boudreaux, BDC

Middle Class & Low Income Workers Will Gain From Tax Reform 2.0

Ideas on Investing In World Where Inflation Makes Comeback

John Dobosz, Forbes

Why Chief Executive Officers Must Think Like Activist Investors

Tim Ryan, Fortune

Our National Housing-Voucher Program Is Now Broken

Michelle Chen, The Nation

As Bailout Checks Roll In, Farmers Ask for Open Markets

Johnny Kampis, Spectator

The Worrying Paradox of Modern Medical Miracles

Thomas Bollyky, Foreign Affairs

Uber - Yes, That Uber - Says It's Truly Joining the War on Cars

Henry Grabar, Slate

A Tariff on China Is a Tariff on U.S.: Interview with John Tamny

Wang Guan, CGTV

John Tamny Explores Expanding World Of Jobs We Truly Love

Nathan Lewis, Forbes

Saturday, September 29

Crypto & Cannabis: The Perfect Post-Crisis Bubbles

Joe Weisenthal, BusinessWeek

Seizing the Moment for Artificial Intelligence

Andrew Batson, Evergreen - Gavekal

Web 3.0: How Crypto Will Reinvent Capitalism

Phillip Stauffer, Knowledge@Wharton

Elon Musk Has Finally Picked a Fight He Can't Win

Jack Stewart, Wired

Can Tesla Survive Without Elon Musk?

Martha White, NBC News

How & Why Politicians Are Dividing Us

Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism

Reclaiming American Internationalism

Christopher Hill, Project Syndicate

Behind Tariff Chaos, A World Rethinking Trade Ties

Sara Llana & Mark Trumbull, CSM

This Dirty Industry Is Cleaning Up With LNG

Anna Shiryaevskaya, Bloomberg

Congress Goes On A Fiscal Free For All

Lance Roberts, Real Investment Advice

The Most Consensus Trade In Global Macro

Daryl Jones, Forbes

Masayoshi Son, SoftBank & the $100 Billion Blitz On Sand Hill Road

BusinessWeek

Do Low Interest Rates Justify High Valuations?

Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

Our Entire Lives Have Been An Economic Anomaly

John Stepek, MoneyWeek

Tiger Woods: A Tale of Implausible Redemption

Tom Fordyce, BBC