10/17/2020
Today Deroy Murdock, Fox Consistent with free-market principles, Trumponomics has enriched the poor much more than it has impoverished the rich. |
Greg Robb, MarketWatch Here is a list of economists and policymakers who could potentially play key policy roles in a Biden administration. |
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Biden wants more infrastructure and safety net investment. Trump wants to cut taxes. Which will aid the economy more? |
Veronique de Rugy, The New York Times For a more equitable system, we need a simpler and fairer tax code. |
James Pethokoukis, The Week Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. |
Harold Furchtgott-Roth & Kirk Arner, RCM Section 230 and cries of anti-conservative bias online are in the news again. In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, it’s déjà vu all over again. Only this time, things are a little different. Earlier this week, Twitter and Facebook took actions that prevented users from sharing a New York Post article containing allegations about Hunter Biden that are potentially damaging to the elder Biden’s presidential campaign. For its part, Facebook limited the story’s exposure on users’ News Feeds, subject to... |
Claudia Sahm, NYT (And, unfortunately, yes, they mostly are men.) |
Roger Koops, American Institute for Economic Research 2020 is a year of disguises. Some examples include computer models/modelers disguised as “science/scientists,” Tyrants/Dictators/Totalitarians disguised as “elected officials,” propaganda machines disguised as “news sources,” brainwashing disguised as “information,” censorship disguised as “public health safeguard,” panic and fear disguised as “social responsibility.” Even the virus itself has been disguised by humans as an “apocalypse.” But, the last part is not the doing of the virus, but the doings of a... |
Lia Mitchell, Morningstar The potential tax would raise revenue without explicitly raising tax rates for lower- and middle-income households. |
Pat O'Hare, Briefing.com The Coca-Cola company has had its share of great ad campaigns in its illustrious history. "Have a Coke and a Smile," which was introduced in 1979, is one of them. Your author was eight years old at the time, which is to say I was quite impressionable. I can't recall if my parents let me drink coke back then, but I sure did like Coca-Cola's "Mean" Joe Greene commercial. |
David French, The Dispatch Bringing Hillbilly Elegy to cinematic life. |
John Hunt, Manhattan Institute For years, the Manhattan Institute has warned about the unsustainability of New York City's public retirement system. "Pension contributions stand at a near-record 11% of the city's total budgetâ?"and 36% of payroll alone," wrote E. J. McMahon and Josh McGee in 2017. "They consume 17%... |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab The potential economic and market impacts a "Blue Wave" for the U.S. election could have on five key areas: taxes, labor, the environment, oil and trade. |
Solomon Teller, Green Harvest Asset Management |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Negative interest rates aren't a net benefit, in our view, but they aren't necessarily bearish, either. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Paul Hoffmeister, Camelot Portfolios |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Market timers had been more bullish than at almost any other time since such data began being collected in 2000 |
Greg Robb, MarketWatch Here is a list of economists and policymakers who could potentially play key policy roles in a Biden administration. |
Henry Miller, I & I Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would put patients and hospitals at greater risk. |
Dan Doyle, OilPrice.com Should a Biden presidency prevail in the upcoming elections, the U.S. oil and gas industry will be facing regulatory headwinds that will far exceed the blow back it faced under the Obama administration |
John Taylor, Project Syndicate In addition to introducing a massive policy response to the COVID-19 crisis, the US Federal Reserve this year has announced a fundamental change in its overall strategy. Yet in doing so, it has unnecessarily introduced more uncertainty into the policy mix, setting a bad example for the world's other major central banks. |
Tim Bartz & Claus Hecking, Der Spiegel Britain will be leaving the EU common market at the end of the year and there are still important issues to be hammered out. Both sides could be facing a disaster in the form of huge traffic jams, job losses and rising prices. |
John Rekenthaler, Morningstar When outperforming your portfolio's withdrawal rate isn't enough. |
Carine Schneider, TechCrunch I believe creating a broader picture of compensation is essential for startups, global conglomerates and every company in between. |
Editors, Christian Science Monitor Economists wonder why the pandemic's economic effects are not as severe as they expected. Every global downturn has spawned new and practical solutions. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch The disconnect between the stock market and the economy increases as valuations become more stretched |
Christine Benz, Morningstar It's time to rethink what our financial goals can and should look like. |
Lydia DePillis, ProPublica Trump’s trade representative joined the administration with one mission: Bring factory jobs back from overseas. The results so far? Endless trade wars, alienated allies, and a manufacturing recession. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC 41 million used vehicles are sold each year in the U.S. and Covid-19 is accelerating their popularity in the auto market among both consumers and car dealers, but demand is driving up prices. |
Hunter Clark, Liberty St. Economics Hunter Clark takes a look at China's export performance for 2020, which has been stronger than expected owing to an export structure well-positioned for the COVID-19 crisis. |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense Process over outcome. |
Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism When the boom doesn't cause the bust. |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Is value finally on the cusp of a rebound? |
Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion While China avoided losing its trade war with America, it is shooting itself in the foot when it comes to the war of ideas. |
Helen Raleigh, City Journal Hunter Biden and other children of political leaders are favored elites in the Chinese mode. |
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