08/28/2021 Today
Charles Cooke, NRO This decision should have been 9–0. That it was not is a national disgrace. |
William Congdon, The Hill With continued uncertainty around economic conditions and the direction of the pandemic, some experts have questioned whether it is premature to cut off unemployment insurance. |
Bruce Thompson, Washington Examiner The $3.5 trillion budget plan working its way through Congress calls for record-breaking spending and tax increases. It offers trillion-dollar deficits for years to come. |
John Tamny, Mises Institute Our topic is assessing the new post-Covid world. After more than a year of unprecedented state intervention in our private lives, have Americans accepted a g... |
Veronique de Rugy, National Review One of the many problems with demanding that companies act like social warriors is that it requires one to ignore the essence of what corporations are. |
Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post With the surge of the delta variant, people who refuse to get vaccinated may face major financial consequences. |
Stephen Roach, MarketWatch In the early 1970s, the Fed chairman insisted that inflationary trends were transitory and best ignored. An economist who was there worries that today's Fed... |
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect Today on TAP: Reappointment would be out of sync with Biden's excellent regulatory appointments |
Eleni Schirmer, NYT Debt-financing public education has not only failed to provide schools with sufficient funds. It has also imposed long-term costs. |
Allan Sloan, The Washington Post Now a deputy for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Weschler was a little-known money manager when he started building what became a $264 million retirement account. Taking full advantage of an earlier employer's match was key. |
Robert Powell, MarketWatch Some people who take Social Security early are misinformed and impatient |
Molly Osberg, TNR The person you're trying to fool with that phony card is likely just an overtired bartender or HR administrator newly deputized into our chaotic public health infrastructure. |
Liz Ann Sonders, CS Last week, the S&P 500 was trading at an all-time high, but the underlying deterioration in breadth and non-confirmations by other indexes bears watching. |
Michiel Hoogeveen, Brussels Report In the Netherlands, almost every millennial knows someone who has no other choice than to live with his or her parents. The Dutch housing shortage has made a house unaffordable. |
Frank Moraes, Commodity.com Agriculture is more productive each year even as its share of the whole economy decreases. See the 15 states most dependent on agriculture. |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Even if inflation is peaking, pricing pressure could remain elevated for an extended period. |
Michael Kades, ProMarket Although not the sole cause of high prescription drug costs, abusive practices that distort competition contribute to the problem. |
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Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Lawrence Summers, The Washington Post The lessons of Vietnam and Afghanistan are true for economic policy: Sticking to the same approach without considering whether it still makes sense is a recipe for trouble. |
Jeanna Smialek, New York Times For Wall Street, and the dismal science as a whole, trouble is around every corner even as the economy booms. |
Claire Jones, FT Alphaville News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication |
Joel Kotkin & Cullum Clark, City Journal Dallas–Fort Worth is becoming the de facto capital of America's Heartland. |
Rebecca Leber, Vox The whole planet is getting hotter. Is AC really a solution? |
Clair Brown, Project Syndicate For decades, Big Oil has wielded more power than US voters, but the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report shows unequivocally why this must end. To keep our planet habitable, popular majorities in favor of climate action must come together and demand that their government do what is needed. |
Susan Dziubinski, Morningstar Working longer can't be the only part of your plan. |
Dylan Grice, The Market All people are driven by incentives, including senior officials at the most powerful central banks. A look at Jerome Powell's portfolio shows what incentives might drive the chairman of the Federal Reserve. |
Eric Compton, Morningstar Several funds see value in technology, energy, and communication services. |
Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com The global push to "electrify everything" is facing a number of challenges, and it will come at a high cost to both consumers and governments alike |
Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal Verizon teaches employees that America is fundamentally racist and promotes "defunding the police." |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Steve Overholt, Master Resource When I heard Joe Biden say in a presidential debate that he wants to "transition away" from petroleum by 2050, I wished I were there to respond. Here's what I would have said: "We have to make things, Joe!" |
Amy Arnott, MStar We take a closer look at popular retirement savings estimates. |
Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars And Data Why prices are more important than fundamentals most of the time. |
Austin Vernon, Eth Rural America is about to undergo a huge change. |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution What if they gave a job and nobody came? |
Kevin Kelly, Warp News Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine and author of several books, among them The Inevitable. For Warp News he presents his case for optimism. |
Claire Jones, FT Alphaville At first glance, the economic headlines make for some mixed messages. | |
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