06/25/2021
Today Richard Rahn, Washington Times Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! This past week, the Fed chairman and other Fed governors finally acknowledged that the rise in inflation may not be all that temporary or mild. |
Robert Rubin, Joseph Stiglitz & Felicia Wong, The Hill We've come to the same conclusion: President Biden's economic agenda would make long-overdue investments in our nation's future, and the revenue measures that would fund those investments are sound, progressive and efficient. |
Rob Smith, RealClearMarkets I left the big city last night to check on the farm. As the sun was about to set over the glistening Rappahannock, I was startled to hear a "whizzing sound." A giant frisbee appeared out of nowhere. It hovered over the dock and landed on the sand beach. Three goofy looking guys popped the top and made their presence known. I yelled over to them "are you boys lost?" They replied that they were from the Planet Dork. All three were brothers, Darrell, Darrell and Darrell Dork. Now, you may think "Dork" is a strange name for a planet, but these fellas looked just like Chuck Schumer, so it all made... |
Paul Krugman, NYT Things are getting better, but many Republicans won't believe it. |
Dylan Matthews, Vox The government needs to make sure that everyone eligible gets the expanded child tax credit — and that it becomes a permanent program. |
Veronique de Rugy, TAS In case U.S. senators can't agree on a bipartisan infrastructure plan, Democrats are reportedly considering a $6 trillion plan of their own. |
Walter Block, RealClearMarkets Should we be worried about income inequality? Should we apologize if it rises? Should we brag about a decrease in this statistic? No, no, and no are the proper answers to these questions, at least for those interested in defending what little remains of our free enterprise system. It is all well and good to insist that the supposed rise in this statistic is based on "an illusion created by the Census Bureau's failure to account for taxes and welfare." Yes, yes, the post-tax and subsidy income distribution is more equal than before these transfers are undertaken. This is because our fiscal... |
Market Minder, Fisher Inv. Those big cash buffers have yet to go anywhere. |
Roger Pilon, RealClearMarkets On Tuesday, as Senate Democrats were falling short of passing S. 1, their 800-page voting bill dubbed the "For the People Act," I found myself testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee against a not unrelated bill, S. 51, the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act." Aimed at turning most of the nation's capital into our 51st state, S. 51, like S. 1, has earned the support of not a single Senate Republican (or House Republican concerning H.R. 51). What links the two bills? The nationalization of elections, the reduced role for states in elections, and that's... |
Steve Cuozzo, NYP The Big Apple won't truly be back until employees return to their offices in significant numbers. So far, that isn't remotely close to happening, especially not in still-ghostly Midtown. |
Alex Hendrie, Washington Examiner President Joe Biden has proposed drastically expanding the IRS. |
George Leef, National Review A writer named Zachary Carter has penned a truly vicious screed accusing Friedman of the whole panoply of leftist offenses against humanity. |
Benjamin Yount, The Center Square (The Center Square) – The latest snapshot of Wisconsin businesses once again shows there are a lot of open jobs and not a lot of people to fill them. |
Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab It's possible that good data could be interpreted as bad news for U.S. markets in the near-term as strong economic data could prompt the Fed to unwind earlier. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
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Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Julie Ryan Evans, MagnifyMoney 40% of investors said they have taken on debt to invest, including 80% of Gen Zers and 60% of millennials. |
Various, ACE Cash Express Have you ever thought about how much money it costs to host the Olympics? The ACE Cash Express Knowledge Hub breaks down the estimated cost for the countries that have hosted the Olympics. |
Jörg Blech, Der Spiegel The vaccine success stories at BioNTech and Moderna may only be the beginning. Doctors and researchers want to use the revolutionary mRNA technology to fight the world's worst scourges: from cancer to dementia. |
Jessica Camille Aguirre, New York Times An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path? |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Gold market-timers are bearish and that's a contrarian sign. |
Howard Husock, City Journal It's a heavy burden both for landlords and for tenants who play by the rules. |
Anna North, Vox Workers are quitting their jobs. But are they getting better ones? |
Michael J. Boskin, Project Syndicate In the near term, strong economic growth could shield US President Joe Biden from the consequences of his reckless spending. But if his administration's growth forecasts prove excessively optimistic – or even if they turn out to be accurate – he may come to regret it. |
Ronald Bailey, Reason And the global upper-middle class doubled. |
Kathryn Vasel, CNN When it comes to the future of work, PepsiCo is re-imagining the role of the office and giving employees more flexibility to choose where they work. |
David Bier & Christopher Richardson, Hill Biden needs to act now to curb further losses and seize the great economic opportunity that legal immigration could provide for the country |
Brandon Chrostowski, DMN As the pandemic recedes and the country comes back to life, Americans are lining up to return to restaurants. The only problem is that workers aren't. The... |
Emma Kerr, U.S. News & World Postnuptial agreements, the less common but equally powerful cousin to prenuptial agreements,can be highly customizable to meet a couple's unique needs. |
Rebecca Heilweil, Vox The Berkshire Hathaway billionaire says he's "optimistic." |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
David Merkel, The Aleph Blog An investment in the future? |
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund Andrew Carnegie was asked for money advice and said: "Even a fool can make a million dollars. But it takes a sage to keep it. Do you hear me?" He knew from experience. |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution China is still wrestling with how to rule over a diverse, ethnically mixed population that does not necessarily accept the dominance of the Han or the CCP narrative. |
Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture Let's get this out of the way upfront: Using excessive leverage to speculate is a terrible idea, and often ends with a total loss of all capital. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Risk is a complicated topic.It's hard to define. It's impossible to eliminate. And our perception of risk can often have unintended consequences.When things feel safer, we can let our guards |
Jane Whitson, The Webutante LEIGH PERKINS--- who in 1966 took a little roadside fishing store in Manchester, Vermont and tur... |
Rachel Dodes, Vanity Fair The wife of WeWork's founder Adam Neumann carved out her own little space as a New Age exec—and the company's downfall isn't slowing her. |
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