11/13/2020
Today Ralph Benko, Washington Times Welcome, President-elect Biden! You will "preside" over a federal government nominally 40,000x bigger than it was in 1789 at its creation. |
Steven Malanga, City Journal New York's next mayor will have to contend with a fiscal nightmare. |
Benjamin Powell, AIER George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen is attacking the Great Barrington Declaration again today on Marginal Revolution. He writes: If you are still pondering the Great Barrington Declaration and related matters, let us try a simple empirical test about predictions. |
Christopher Baecker, RCM “Fiscal Policy” used to be my favorite chapter to cover in my macro class. Then I started using the U.S. Debt Clock as a tool of instruction. What a bright and colorful reminder of the depressing status quo! I felt compelled to punch it up on my own time after reading former democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman’s recount of his experience from the 2000 election. |
Sheila Callaham, Forbes Although data shows increased business success for older founders, funding success can be challenging. Following these six tips from two industry insiders could make all the difference. |
William Watts, MarketWatch Rising COVID tally requires fiscal ?bridge? to tide over consumers till vaccine available: analysts |
Christy Bieber, Motley Fool Building up a large retirement nest egg can be a challenge, but you may be surprised at how easy it is to supercharge your savings and end up with a lot of extra money in your later years. In fact, by making one simple move, you could end up with an extra $73,000 in retirement savings if you're currently middle-aged and you don't plan to retire until you're in your 60s. |
Adam Schuster, National Review Voters finally drew a line to reject this progressive income tax. But Governor Pritzker is still not getting the message. |
Kirk Arner & Harold Furchtgott-Roth, RCM Despite ongoing legal battles, it’s becoming increasingly likely that former Vice President Joe Biden will winthe 2020 U.S. presidential election. Once the page on this election is turned, and the race is behind us, the question must be asked: how would Biden actually govern America? And for those interested in technology policy, how would “big tech” fare under Biden? |
Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Russian-born Bernshteyn took over the reins of the business-spend management cloud firm when it was struggling and worth just $20 million. It's now worth $20 billion. |
Jeffrey Snider, RCM For someone living in China, their hukou designation can make all the difference. Ostensibly a family-registration system with the government, functionally it is like a domestic passport. Not only that, it conveys certain rights and privileges exacerbating already deep economic and political divides. From its earliest Communist days, urbanization has been a Chinese priority almost always at the expense of the nation’s rural farm dwellers. From the government’s perspective, hukou has been an effective means to effect control over people as a resource; and in... |
Anna Bahney, CNN While mortgage rates remain at record lows, home prices are rising in more areas across the country. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments As the Bank of England expands quantitative easing, we revisit the program's flaws. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Michael Townsend, Charles Schwab Debate over another round of coronavirus aid and economic stimulus likely will be at the top of the agenda for the post-election session. |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Helpful tax tips for your end-of-year charitable contributions, including stock donations. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments As both Georgian Senate seats potentially head to a runoff, we explore the popular theory that a Democratic presidency and split Congress is the most bullish combo. |
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business With no assurance that Congress will provide more stimulus soon, many business owners wonder how much longer they can hang on. |
Veronique de Rugy, Reason Get ready for President-elect Biden to join forces with big spending Republicans. |
Rebecca Robbins, New York Times Success will hinge on an untested network of governments, companies and health workers. |
Julia Alexander & Zoe Schiffer, The Verge The $2 billion streaming platform imploded less than six months after launch. Employees say they knew it would fail, but they were still shocked at how quickly it happened. |
Nick Bilton, Vanity Fair In 2020, the COVID-doubting, media-hating Twitterholic CEO became the third-richest man alive, SpaceX launched two astronauts into orbit, and Tesla became the most valuable car company on the planet. Inside the mind of Silicon Valley’s most vainglorious villain. |
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare. |
Alex Hern, Guardian The coronavirus pandemic has left us living more and more of our lives online. But the place where we chat with friends, get our news and form our opinions is full of vile and dangerous conspiracy theories. Is the world's biggest social network doing enough to combat them? |
Erika Christakis, The Atlantic Yes, remote schooling has been a misery—but it’s offering a rare chance to rethink early education entirely. |
Christy Bieber, Motley Fool Investing is key to building wealth, but you could undermine your efforts if you make some common errors. Recent research from theNatixis Global Survey of Financial Professionals identified the eight biggest investment mistakes financial professionals believe are the costliest errors you can make. Here's what they are. |
Tim Worstall, WE It's possible to put a little too much weight on the importance of politics, as the BBC does when it tells us that stock markets soared as Joe Biden won the election. NBC is rather closer to the truth when it notes that Pfizer's vaccine news has something to do with the stock market surge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 5.9% at opening, hitting record highs, and may even go past 30,000 for the first time. |
Rob Berger, Forbes President-elect Biden is set to make lasting changes to your retirement savings. Here are 5 of the most significant changes he may pursue. |
Amesh Adalja, The Hill Pfizer's news is generating a lot of enthusiasm. |
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Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator The value factor has fallen on hard times in recent years, prompting debate about whether this risk premium can recover as technology-fueled growth stocks eat the world. |
Claire Jones, Financial Times The Bank of Amsterdam is to central banking history what Little Richard is to rock ‘n’ roll. |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund There are two kinds of history to learn from. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Things could get way worse before they get way better. |
Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion It’s time to rebuild our alliances. |
Alexander William Salter, AIER The Fed is too involved in credit allocation and should stick to actual monetary policy. |
Daniel Tenreiro, National Review The canceled Ant IPO may be a big mistake. |
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