05/04/2021
Today Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times The Biden administration's plans would allow millions of American women to decide whether to work outside the home. |
John Tamny, RCM Last Thursday the New York Times reported what should be obvious, but that eludes most in our midst: the rich pay the vast majority of taxes collected. By far. This is a statement of the obvious simply because the "vital few" drive all progress in all walks of life. Think the NBA before Bird, Magic and Jordan, think the PGA before Tiger Woods, think how the rare blockbuster film pays for all manner of small movies without stunts, car crashes, and explosions. Stated simply, what's great is a consequence of the giants on whose shoulders we stand. The very talented few pull us forward.... |
Jordan Weissmann, Slate Let's talk about the period when Roosevelt actually created the modern welfare state. |
Joel Mokyr, CJ Digital advances have taken imitative technology on a miraculous trajectory—bringing new challenges but also new possibilities. |
James Bromberg, RCM It's nice to see that Anthony Fauci is beginning to earn the solid international reputation that he deserves. Yen Makabenta, an acute observer and regular contributor to the Manila Times, recently acknowledged Dr Fauci as COVID's "fearmonger-in-chief." At long last, a departure from treating Fauci as an infallible demigod. Dr Fauci's panic patina started to become obvious as his much feared post-2020 holiday season "surge on top of a surge" failed to materialize. Rather than an objective and dispassionate scientist, it began to appear that Fauci is more a brilliant cheerleader for... |
Ryan Cooper, The Week The E.U. never recovered from the Great Recession |
Allison Schrager, New York Post The Web software firm Basecamp is asking employees not to discuss politics or partake in activism on company time. |
Patrick Hedger, RCM Verizon recently announced its plan to sell Yahoo and America Online (AOL) to a private equity group for $5 billion. Some find the news quaint, even humorous as Yahoo and AOL used to be synonymous with being "Big Tech" in the early days of the internet. Who we really ought to be laughing at are the modern day antitrust hysterics who seek to do everything from banning firms like Verizon from acquiring such properties to breaking-up today's equivalents of Yahoo and AOL. Many of us clearly remember that Yahoo and AOL were the titans of their time. In fact, in 1998, Fortune magazine published an... |
Mark Whittington, WE When NASA really wants to make a statement, it does not kid around. By choosing SpaceX as the sole contractor for the lunar Human Landing System, NASA proclaimed that it is serious about returning astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in about 50 years — and the sooner, the better. |
Joseph Calhoun, Alhambra Investments Last week I was contacted by two clients seeking information about cryptocurrencies. One was my godson, 12 years old and just getting started in investing. So far, he's bought Nintendo and Roblox (the latter against my recommendation but what do I know about video games?). But last week he said he wants to buy a |
Editors, Kite & Key Media Admit it. You've fantasized about being rich. We all have. But what if the key to personal wealth isn't some high-paying job? |
BIll Baldwin, Forbes Do you own any bonds? Think about making your portfolio less hazardous. |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Market Blog Friday, April 30, 2021 |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab In recent months, two investment themes have been rewarding investors with outperformance: defense sector companies and those participating in share buybacks. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab The Federal Reserve made no change to its interest rate or asset purchase policies; while strengthening its economic outlook and viewing inflation risk as "transitory." |
Jeff Erber, Grey Owl Capital |
Ilana Kowarski, U.S. News Although in rare instances it is possible to get into an MBA program immediately after college, that is not the typical route. Most MBA hopefuls need to gain work experience in order to become competitive candidates for business school, some admissions experts say. |
Jeffrey Tucker, AIER "The reason why the lockdown advocates are intensifying their perception and exercise of hegemony right now is to forestall the possibility that the entire lockdown praxis will fall into massive disrepute. They will not get their way. Let the blowback begin." ~ Jeffrey Tucker |
Ron Baker & Ed Kless, The Soul of Enterprise Before we get into how amazing this interview was, let's learn a bit about more about John Tamny John Tamny is Political Economy editor at Forbes, senior economic advisor to Toreador Research & Trading, and editor of RealClearMarkets.com (RCM). A spin-off of the policy website RealClearPol |
Charles Gasparino, NYP Chuck Schumer apparently isn't progressive enough for today's Democratic Party. Further proof can be found in the strange, fleeting tenure of Alex Oh as head of the Securities and Exchange Commissi… |
Michael de la Merced, NYT Berkshire Hathaway's shareholders are expected to follow the chairman's lead and reject demands for more disclosures. |
Trish Regan, American Consequences Biden's pursuing a seemingly socialist agenda of wealth redistribution, with America's money going to Uncle Sam -- or Uncle Joe, rather. |
Barney Frank, The Hill Conceding to moderate Republicans by reducing the stimulus bill bought the Obama administration exactly nothing. |
Bill Briggs, Washington Examiner A lot of ink has been spilled recently regarding corporate America's evolving relationship with our two major political parties. One wonders whether large companies navigating the shoals of business friendly public policy and pressing social issues are winning new friends, alienating longtime… |
Robin Powell, TEBI Even Warren Buffett has been struggling to outperform. For the ten years ending in 2020, he has lagged the S&P 500 by 2.4% annually. What's gone wrong? |
Greggory Warren, Morningstar The impact of the coronavirus, taxes, cash, and succession planning are topics that we hope Warren Buffett will address on Saturday. |
Jeanna Smialek, New York Times The Fed thinks price increases will be temporary. Some economists are worried they won't be. |
Eric Boehm, Reason "We need a Green New Deal for Public Housing," says Rep. Jamaal Bowman. "We need a Green New Deal for Cities…and we need a Green New Deal for Public Schools." |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Dan Mitchell, International Liberty If nothing else, Biden's big-government agenda is triggering a debate about fundamental issues, such as whether it's a good idea to make America's economy more like Singapore or m… |
David R. Henderson, Reason What the pandemic has re-taught us about the perils of planning, the power of incentives, and the complexities of externalities. |
Anne O. Krueger, PS With China and others venturing into a realm once inhabited by private cryptocurrencies, there will be increasing pressure on the United States, Europe, and others to follow. But before everyone rushes in, policymakers would do well to consider the foreseeable risks and how they should be managed. |
Emily Stewart, Vox A lumber frenzy has taken over homebuilding, Home Depot, and the internet. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Based strictly on valuations, the U.S. stock market is in a bubble:There are reasons for this.Interest rates have been at or near generational lows for more than a decade. The housing mark |
Sue Halpern, The New Yorker The trouble with waiting to address problems long after you know that they exist. |
Joel Mokyr, City Journal Digital advances have taken imitative technology on a miraculous trajectory—bringing new challenges but also new possibilities. |
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