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A Look Into Origins of What Is 'Woke' Capitalism

Kevin Williamson, National Review

We have come a long way from the anti-apartheid movement.

Wage Suppression Is Costing Workers $10/Hr.

Larry Mishel & Nick Hanauer, The Hill

Policy decisions are responsible for rising inequality, and policy decisions can reverse it.

As Job Openings Soar, Gov't Pays Us To Not Work

Andy Puzder, Washington Post

The feds are bidding workers to the sidelines with our money.

How Risky Will Jeff Bezos's 11-Min. Voyage to Space Be?

Jackie Wattles, CNN

Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the whole NFL; he could buy an archipelago for his family and friends; he could buy over 65,000 Bugatti Chirons (base price $2.9 million), even though only 500 are being built. As the world's richest person, the possibilities are endless. But Bezos appears ready to risk it all for an 11-minute ride to space.

How To Avoid Bear Markets In Retirement

Eric Nelson, Servo Wealth Management

Is it possible to avoid stock bear markets in your retirement portfolio? My answer might surprise you, keep reading to learn more...

Why Elon Musk Has Lower Tax Rt. Than You

Spencer Bokat-Lindell, New York Times

A new investigation confirms that the ultrarich don't pay taxes like the rest of us. Should they?

Biden's Tax Plans Unleash Class Warfare

Joshua Rauh & Aharon Friedman, The Hill

Confiscatory tax policies make citizens worse off overall in the name of redistributing resources from the wealthy to the poor.

Let's Please Stop Pretending It's Impossible to Tax Wealth

Ryan Cooper, Week

It's not as complicated as oligarch defenders make it out to be

Biden Won't Close the 'Tax Gap,' He'll Just Snoop on You

Matt Welch, Reason

Another new Democratic administration, another hollow promise to discover hundreds of billions of unreported tax obligations under the national mattress.

GOP Obsession w/'Big Tech' Hands Dems Antitrust Club

Daniel Savickas, RCM

Sometimes, especially in politics, the slippery slope fallacy is not a fallacy at all, but merely a basic observation. Perhaps nothing in the last year or two has illustrated that better than many GOP politicians flirting with a return to the Teddy Roosevelt era of the Republican Party. The desire to weaponize antitrust against big tech companies these politicians see as biased against conservatives has opened the floodgates for Democrats to use it in all sorts of ways. Republicans now stand unable to push back without being hypocrites on the issue. That is exactly what we are seeing take...

Is Europe Now Writing Our Tax Policy In the U.S.?

Larry Kudlow, The New York Sun

Who was Lois Lerner? She was at the center of the last big scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. It occurred during the Obama years. Ms. Lerner was head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS. She learned that groups with Tea Party

What U.S.'s Plutocrats Can Learn From Past Generations

Zachary Karabell, Time

"In the middle of the 20th century, elites more or less understood that they had an obligation to public service; in the early 21st century, that is hard to be found."

2021 Mid-Year Outlook: Global Stocks and Economy

Jeffrey Kleintop, Schwab

The recovery is now over; a new global economic expansion has begun. The new economic cycle has seen stock market leadership pass from the U.S. to Europe.

Which Industries Surge From Pandemic Demand?

Rija Ali, TOP Agency

Young Americans Rushed to Buy Life Ins. w/Some Regret

Mike Brown, Expertise

An Expertise.com survey revealed how many young Americans rushed to buy life insurance during the pandemic & are now regretting the decision.

We View the Unemployment Report In a Bullish Light

Ryan Severino, JLL

Nothing Normal About the Recovery

Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors

Inflation: Defining Macro Story of the Times

Peter Hooper, Deutsche Bank Group

Services Spending Ready to Launch?

Richard Moody, Regions Bank

Value Investing Is Back & So Is John Rogers

Dan Weil, Institutional Investor

The Ariel Investments CEO has triumphed in the boardroom and on the basketball court. Now he says value investing's comeback is just beginning.

The Inflation Red Herring |

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Syndicate

Far from signaling the return of significant inflation, temporary price increases are exactly what one would expect in a recovery following an economic shutdown. Whether those peddling inflation fears are pursuing their own agenda or simply jumping the gun, they should not be heeded.

Our Ultimate Stock-Pickers' Top 10 Buys and Sells

Eric Compton, Morningstar

Funds see value in a diverse range of sectors.

The Next Frontier Of PE Value Creation

Karim Khairallah, Harvard Business Review

As the 50-year-old industry matures, investment returns are falling. Here's why — and where to go from here.

The New Alzheimer's Drug That Could Break Medicare

Dylan Scott, Vox

Patients are desperate for hope. But there are serious concerns about Biogen's new $56,000 treatment.

More Government Spending Doesn't Create Growth

Veronique de Rugy, Reason

A new study finds that as the government expands, the private sector shrinks.

China Is Not Done Dismembering Jack Ma's Empire

George Calhoun, Forbes

The Chinese government is now doling out some of the best pieces of Ma's business to new "partners" of its choosing, including one of the most corrupt and financially shaky companies in all of China - the notorious and scandal-ridden Huarong Asset Management Co.

Real Wages Under Biden Have Fallen. This May Be Telling

Tyler Goodspeed, Hill

Real wages have been eroded by large month-over-month increases in overall consumer prices.

Why the GOP Should Quit the Infra Deal

Wayne Crews, Competitive Enterprise Institute

The GOP should go nowhere near any trillion-dollar infrastructure deal with the White House.

Some 'Must Knows' Before Claiming Social Security

Diane Mtetwa, Motley Fool

Before you take Social Security, make sure you can answer these questions.

Fisher Investments on Election-Year Uncertainty: This, Too, Shall Pass

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Ken Fisher on Nixing the VIX

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Will Uncle Sam Force Big Tech to Break Up?

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

Shattering the Debt Ceiling Myth

Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments

The Ultimate Superpower in Investing

Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors

Here's a list of the top 30 stocks in the S&P 500 over the past 30 years… What stands out?

Half COVID Unemployment Benefits May Have Been Stolen

Felix Salmon, Axios

Much of the money has probably left the country.

Are Disruptive Technologies the Next Dot-com Bubble?

Dave Sekera, MStar

Should I be investing in disruptive technologies today?

Paul Krugman's 10-Year History of Being Wrong

Kyle Torpey, Reason

Why is it so hard for him to just admit he was wrong?

How to Hedge Against Inflation

Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense

The year-over-year U.S. inflation rate came in today at nearly 5%, the fastest pace of higher prices since 2008.

The US Economy As Seen From 30,000 Feet

Scott Grannis, Calafia Beach Pundit

As the Covid-19 panic fades into the sunset, it's time to climb to 30,000 feet and review some of the economy's macro vital signs.

Beijing's Useful Idiots

Ian Birrell, UnHerd

Science journals have encouraged and enforced a false Covid narrative
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