07/07/2020 Today
Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research Many millions of people have spent the last four months in sadness and depression. It’s hard to watch the world shattered by the bad behavior of governments – and to see too many among us cheer the destruction – and not feel a sense of despair. And yet the human mind is an incredible thing. If we work at it, we can figure out a good takeaway from terrible events. Doing so – it takes effort – can brighten the spirits and point the way forward out of the morass. |
Allan Lichtman & Sam Lichtman, The Hill Pandemics are the critical factor that leads to shorter lives. |
Robert Rubin & David Miliband, NYT Rich nations need to help poor ones now. It's morally right â?" and in everyone's self-interest. |
John Ziegler, New York Post Across the country, our number of new cases has indeed exploded to new levels during this time period and the news media, both at the national and local levels, have used these statistics to essentially create panic porn. |
Susan Tompor, USA Today July 15 is the new April 15 for those who still have not filed a tax return. The traditional April income tax deadline was extended this year for 2019 tax returns, due to the upheaval created by COVID-19. The one-time extension applied for Michigan returns too, as well as the City of Detroit returns. |
Andrew Wilford, RealClearMarkets Come July 15, millions of American individuals and businesses will be expected to pay taxes originally due April 15, plus second quarter taxes for those that file quarterly. That means that the... |
Patrick O'Connor & Alice Calder, FEE An ongoing lawsuit filed by the American labor union, The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, or “Washtech,” is threatening to increase unemployment and damage the ability of the US to attract highly-skilled foreign talent. The target of the lawsuit is Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows international students to remain in the US for a limited period of time post-graduation. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Lessons from one of the most volatile six-month stretches in history. |
Joseph Calhoun, Alhambra Most Long-Term Trends Have Not Changed A lot has changed over the last 4 months since the COVID virus started to impact the global economy. Asia was infected first with China at ground zero. Their ? |
Drew Maloney, RCM Creating jobs. Encouraging sustainable growth. Expanding economic opportunity. These priorities are front and center today as the nation grapples with both recovering from the pandemic shutdowns and... |
Tim Worstall, Examiner The grand economic question of our time is not the coronavirus, nor the lockdown, but how quickly do we put this all behind us? We know we're in a recession, and we know what has caused it, obviously enough. What we don't know is whether this time around will be like the recession of 1920, wherein by 1921, we couldn't quite see that it actually even happened, or whether it will be more like the events starting in 1929, when it took at least a decade to claw our way back. |
Vitaliy Katsenelson, MW Unless airlines raise new capital, they will go bankrupt |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab If you've lost your job, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz offers a step-by-step approach to taking advantage of all your available resources. |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Market Blog What a quarter the second quarter was, with the S&P 500 Index adding 20.0%, for the best quarter since 1998 and the best second quarter since 1938. Of course, stocks fell 20% in the? |
Michael Iachini, Charles Schwab It's natural to ask if there's a downside to SRI. |
Wayne Crews, CEI The administration released the Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Its purpose is to lay out regulatory priorities of the federal bureaucracy and report on recently completed actions.Under Executive Order 13771, the administration directed agencies to eliminate at least two regulations for every significant one added, and keep net new |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Analysts have expected dismal Q2 data for months. |
Collin Martin, Charles Schwab For the second half of 2020, we don't expect a repeat of the first. |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Market Blog Although the fight against COVID-19 continues to dominate the headlines and our thoughts are with those affected, this is an election year and as we get closer to November it will begin? |
Hanna Ziady, CNN The UK accounting watchdog has given Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC four years to split their audit and consulting businesses in an effort to improve corporate reporting following a string of high-profile accounting scandals. |
Editorial, New York Post With coronavirus cases surging in the United States, the media were quick to blame: "Several Republican-led states that moved quickly to reopen this spring at... |
Ann Carrns, The New York Times While traditional unemployment insurance usually leaves out students, they may be eligible for federal pandemic aid. But some states don't make it easy to get. |
Richard Manning, Fox There are three possible reasons to explain why disgruntled dissidents who were part of the George W. Bush administration have thrown their support to Biden this year. |
Matt Egan, CNN China bought so much foreign oil at dirt-cheap prices this spring that a massive traffic jam of tankers has formed at sea waiting to offload crude. |
Jay Ratliff, Hill Empty middle seats will soon become a thing of the past as airlines sell as many revenue seats as possible. |
Paul Miller, Arc There is a lot of interest in reimagining how the police do their jobs. Instead of focusing on defunding the police, or abolishing the police, or weakening police unions, the economist James D. Miller has another idea: force police officers to purchase malpractice insurance. |
Aaron Brown, Yahoo Stocks aren't very attractive but they are better than the alternatives. |
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Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall Street Look for a rise in unemployment as early as July, and difficult GDP figures for the third and perhaps fourth quarters. Those will look nothing like a V. |
Peter Morici, MarketWatch COVID-19 will force colleges to offer quality instruction on line, which will drive prices lower |
Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity Freedom of speech is threatened by socialism and lassez faire capitalism. |
Allison Schrager, City Journal While managing the virus, America must open its economy and get people back to work. |
Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise. |
Jennifer Kingson, Axios Because of the coronavirus and people's buying habits moving online, retail stores are closing everywhere — often for good. |
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal The unwinding of law and order in our cities has happened with stunning speed. | |
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