08/26/2021
Today Rainer Zitelmann, The Examiner Many so-called climate change activists are not really concerned about the climate and the environment. No, for them, these are merely instruments in the fight against capitalism. |
Eleanor Cummins, TNR Greece's wildfires are a reminder that the failure to act is first a failure of imagination. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Markets are a lot more resilient than many pundits give them credit for. |
Jeff Reeves, MarketWatch Despite chatter of a stock-market top, there is no proof a correction is "overdue". |
John Tamny, RCM Markets shine a bright light on what's really happening in the world. Thankfully they do. It's probably best to start there. There's a tendency in modern times to bemoan "misinformation" from rabid politicians, or from an internet that allegedly frees us to solely see what we want to see, but the reality is different. What's not true will eventually be exposed as false, and what's true will eventually be revealed as just that. |
Anneken Tappe, CNN Wall Street is going to cling to every word spoken this week at the nerdiest of economic nerdfests. |
Peter Coy, New York Times The Fed has boxed itself into a corner by predicting a rapid decline in inflation in 2022. |
J.P. Koning, AIER "Bitcoin still has a role to play as a globally popular speculative token. It's time for the decentralized stablecoins to take their place as the real peer-to-peer electronic cash systems." ~ J.P. Koning |
Gene Marks, The Hill Before you throw your hands up in disgust, please allow me, a small business owner who also opposes government expansion, to ease your concerns. |
Hayes Brown, MSNBC They hide behind the steep price tag and hope nobody asks what programs they want cut. |
Editorial, New York Post House Democrats are now writing their version of the $3.5 trillion "human infrastructure" bill, detailing all the wish-list items they mean to ram through with zero Republican votes — including a h… |
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. |
Lindsay Grimm, ISN The Inspection Support Network is the most trusted home inspection software solution. With an incomparable portfolio of easy-to-use tools, ISN enables inspectors to simplify, streamline, and grow their businesses. |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Greg Obenshain, Verdad Behavioral economists at Harvard say the answer might be "yes" |
Peter Suderman, Reason To spend a lot of money, or to spend a lot more money? That is the question. |
Anna North, Vox What if paid work were no longer the centerpiece of American life? |
Matthew C. Klein, The Overshoot Rising human prosperity can be be ecologically sustainable. De-growth is anti-human. |
Matt Phillips, New York Times Banks are awash in deposits, and their customers are taking out fewer loans. So they have little choice but to buy up government debt, even if it means skimpy profits. |
OIivia White, Project Syndicate Establishing and expanding digital financial data-sharing systems presents complex technical and regulatory challenges. But secure and trusted schemes also offer a large potential upside for consumers, financial institutions, and the economy. |
Adam M. Grossman, HumbleDollar It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... |
Vivekanand Jayakumar, The Hill Once the virus spread peaks in the next few weeks and then gradually abates, it is likely that the economy will regain its momentum. |
Paul Krugman, New York Times A pandemic lesson: You can say no to bad pay and conditions. |
Steve Vladeck, MSNBC.com "Freedom" doesn't mean the same thing for state and local elected officials, apparently. |
Karol Markowicz, New York Post Restaurants have started asking patrons to see their vaccination cards along with IDs to dine inside. |
Dan Proft, Dan Proft Biden wants to raise taxes across the board. What are the odds now? |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Claire Jones, FT Alphaville At first glance, the economic headlines make for some mixed messages. |
Leighton Woodhouse, Kerfuffle The media's new business model is propaganda. |
J. W. Mason, J. W. Mason There is not, even in principle, a true inflation rate. Pick any basket of goods and measure their prices over time; that is an inflation rate. |
Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars And Data On the current market environment and whether stocks have risen too far too fast. |
Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias To get more growth we need to change our priorities. |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism The rapid rise in house prices has stirred up the old debate debate about how the BLS calculates housing's contribution to the CPI. |
Cory Doctorow, Marker Accounting tricks and tech gimmickry don't matter when the coffers are empty. |
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