October 9, 2017 Archives

Week of October 9, 2017 Archives

RealClearMarkets Evening Edition

Monday, October 9

Interview With Professor Richard Thaler, Nobel Laureate

Barry Ritholtz, SoundCloud

The Economist Who Realized How Crazy We Are

Michael Lewis, Bloomberg View

What President Trump's Tax Plan Means for Stocks

Ken Fisher, USA Today

The GOP Proposal Is Simpler and Fairer Than the Status Quo

Deroy Murdock, NRO

Mom-And-Pop Businesses Propel Tax Cuts for the Rich

John Harwood, CNBC

Wall Street Firms Gambled on Puerto Rico. They're Losing.

Matthew Goldstein, NYT

Reference Points: Cherrypicking Historical Data

Ben Carlson, Wealth Of Common Sense

Are Prescription Drugs the Next Target for Amazon?

Paul La Monica, CNNMoney

Americans Favor Policies to Limit Automation

John Gramlich, Pew Research Center

How Much Did Mike Pence's NFL Walkout Cost Taxpayers?

Mike Murphy, MW

Tuesday, October 10

Executive Retrenchment and the Great Regulatory Rollback

Rich Lowry, NRO

Conservatives Pose Threat to Free Markets and Economy

Steven Greenhut, OCR

Ivanka Trump Takes on Taxes, Pushes Child Tax Credit

Nancy Cook, Politico

Trump's Opportunity to Open the Floodgates of Protectionism

GOP's Emerging Budget Framework Is a Cause for Concern

James Capretta, RCPolicy

Trump Is Wrong About the NFL's 'Massive Tax Breaks'

Daniel Roberts, Yahoo Finance

Private Equity Managers Exaggerate Performance

Amy Whyte, Institutional Investor

Growth Without Industrialization is Unstainable

Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate

Why Big Cities Thrive, and Smaller Ones Are Being Left Behind

Eduardo Porter, NYT

Nobel Prize From 1901-2017: Maps, Charts and Tables

Mark Perry, AEIdeas

Wednesday, October 11

Is Your Bank Data Yours? Inside the Lobbying Fight

Colin Wilhelm, Politico

Why So Hard to Ditch AAPL, AMZN, Google and FB?

Tom Upchurch, Wired Mag

Small-Cap Firms May Spend Tax Savings on Tech, Not Jobs

David Randall, Reuters

IMF Upbeat as Global Economy Enjoys a Growth Spurt

Chris Giles, Financial Times

Three Scenarios for the Global Economy

Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate

In Some Parts of Economics, Rationality Is a Noble Lie

Paul Krugman, New York Times

'Passive' Investing Frenzy Pushes Vanguard to $4.7 Trillion

Sarah Krouse, WSJ

Passive Versus Active Investing: A Debate

Nir Kaissar & Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg View

Puerto Rico Relief Bill Does Little to Help Their Debt

David Dayen, The Intercept

The Estate Tax Generates Very Little Revenue

Editorial Board, The Weekly Standard

Thursday, October 12

How Behavioural Economics Changed Finance After 2008 Crash

Julia Rampen, NS

Chicago Considers 'Good Food' Standards, Not Expense

Jeffrey Dorfman, Forbes

Andrew Cuomo's Upstate 'Hollywood' Is His Latest Failure

Seth Barron, New York Post

Reagan's Tax Reform Win, but Missing All Key Ingredients

John Harwood, CNBC

Fed Still Puzzled by Inflation, Rate Increase Is on Track

Binyamin Appelbaum, NYT

Apple, IBM Blaming Chinese Regulations for Breaching Rights

Don't Let Your Fund Company Play You for a Sucker

Tony Isola, A Teachable Moment

Bad News: Your 401(K) Won't Give You a Decent Retirement

Michael Hiltzik, LAT

How Domino's Persuaded Wall Street to Lend to It For Less

Gentrification is Bad? Many Cities Saying 'Bring It'

Wynn & Deener, The Conversation

Friday, October 13

Memo to Facebook: How to Tell If You're a Media Company

Erin Griffith, Wired

Mnuchin Says Parts of Tax Plan Would Be Temporary

Davidson & Rubin, WSJ

Perry Questions Value of 'Free Market' in Energy

Andrew Cline, R Street Institute

There's Lots of Precedent for the Trump Market Rally

Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg View

US Banks Pinched by Trump Policy Gridlock

Gray & McLannahan, Financial Times

Janet Yellen's Mantra Is, "It's Transitory!"

James Rickards, The Daily Reckoning

The Rich Get Richer: The Mathematics of Inequality

Taylor McNeil, TuftsNow

What Not to Buy in Today's Stock Market

Vitaliy Katsenelson, Real Investment Advice

People Need a Push When It Comes to Retirement Savings

Angela Antonelli, MW

Neoliberalism Was Never about Free Markets

Richard Ebeling, Foundation for Econ. Edu.