08/27/2020
Today Bob McManus, New York Post So New York stopped prosecuting turnstile jumpers, and now folks are smashing windows in the subways. Has there ever been a more delicious vindication of a... |
Ryan Cooper, 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. |
John Tamny, RCM Economic discussions would be much better if it were understood that no one receives dollar, euro, yen, pound or yuan “aid.” They receive the goods that those currencies can be exchanged for. Money on its own doesn’t feed, shelter or clothe. It’s only useful insofar as it’s accepted by the producers of actual goods and services. This simple truth is hopefully useful as a backdrop to what’s happening in Europe right now. As Liz Alderman of the New York Times reported on Tuesday, Europeans are presently suffering rather painful job cuts. In Alderman’s... |
Alan Reynolds, AIER If Joe Biden were to win the presidency and also a Senate majority, we already know one part of his economic agenda because it has already been enacted by the House. On July 16, 2019 House Democrats voted to raise the federal minimum wage to $8.40 on enactment, then adding $1.10 each year until it reaches $15 six years after enactment. If it was signed into law next year, the minimum wage could climb to $15 by 2027. Yet once the minimum reached $9.50 in 2022, further increases would depend on passing a Government Accountability Office report about its impact on affected businesses and... |
Barbara Eisner Bayer, Motley Fool Are you ready to apply for Social Security benefits? Have you made your retirement plan, run the different scenarios, and decided that now's the time? Unfortunately, Social Security offices are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, so you can't just walk in and discuss it with a counselor. There are, however, several other ways to claim your benefits, and they're much simpler than walking into an office. |
Josh Barro, New York Magazine General merchandise retailers like Walmart and Target have done especially well under COVID, for a few reasons. |
Alex Konrad, Forbes Nearly a decade ago, Zuck?s college roommate became the world?s youngest self-made billionaire by moving fast and breaking things. Now Moskovitz is set to take his radically chiller cloud standout Asana â?Â" a software success story powered by patience and the pandemic â?Â" public. |
Sonal Desai & Jonathan Rothwell, USA Today In a pandemic, our physical health is intertwined with the behaviors of our neighbors and fellow citizens, who we depend upon to prudently assess risk and comply with public health guidelines. Fear of a deadly virus is arguably a good thing, but it can also go too far, when it leads to behaviors that do little to reduce transmission but stymie social and economic life. |
Ron Paul, Washington Examiner At the start of the pandemic, we saw businesses across the country forced to close their doors due to city, state, or federal guidelines. This resulted in an unemployment rate that skyrocketed to levels not seen since the Great Depression. The public began finding itself forced into poverty by the very government that was founded on the principles of freedom and self-determination. |
Stephen Moore, The Hill Democrats want to undo this tax limit for blue states. |
Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post Since the Reagan years, Republicans have opposed the federal government picking winners and losers in the economy through government programs. But China?s rise is forcing them to rethink that. |
Kevin Hassett, National Review On capitalism, taxes, and the very rich. |
Various, National Bureau of Economic Research |
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Schwab Financial abuse comes in many guises and impacts men and women alike, warns Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz. Here are some common signs you shouldn't ignore. |
Jerry Bowyer, Vident Financial |
Market Minder, Fisher We think investors benefit from owning eurozone stocks for diversification purposes, but the region's value bias argues against outperformance over the foreseeable future, in our view. |
Jonathan Lesser, Manhattan Institute Offshore wind is becoming increasingly popular among politicians and policymakers; however, the actual costs are likely being downplayed. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Andres Velasco, Project Syndicate A common refrain nowadays is that after COVID-19, Milton Friedman is out and John Maynard Keynes is in. But if, as the famous quote often attributed to Richard Nixon puts it, "we are all Keynesians now," we must remember what Keynes taught: fiscal policy should be tightened during good times, precisely so that it can be expansionary during bad times. |
Noah Williams, City Journal The impact of Joe Biden's tax plan would be less income across the spectrum and a sluggish economy. |
Ben Hunt, Epsilon Theory American Airlines CEO isn't feeling any pain. |
Alicia McElhaney, Institutional Investor How a major cosmetics company's loan restructure led to allegations of "nefarious" conduct and "disloyalty." |
Jacob Sullum, Reason.com In the president's mind, trade is not a right to be respected but a process to be managed by politicians. |
Robert Reffkin, CNN While some people are saying that New York City is dead, I have full conviction that the future of New York is bright. I live here. I work here. I'm raising my family here. Like Jerry Seinfeld wrote in his op-ed earlier this week, I strongly believe that New York will be back. |
Cade Metz & Kate Conger & Erin Griffith, NYT A tech start-up named for objects in "The Lord of the Rings" has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand. |
Brett Arends, MarketWatch Leaving the party too early can cost you as much as leaving too late |
Steve Cuozzo, New York Post New York City is dead! So claimed hedge-fund entrepreneur, prolific author and â?" keep this in mind â?" professional comic James Altucher. |
Vivekanand Jayakumar, The Hill Thankfully, due to modern-era health care systems, improved hygiene standards, and communication technologies, casualties from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be far lower than in prior worldwide pandemics. |
Matt Mackowiak, Examiner Attorney General Bill Barr announced last month that his department would take a hard look at the Big Tech companies for antitrust violations. Both Republicans and Democrats applauded this move and hope the Department of Justice's investigations will stifle Silicon Valley's many monopolies. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Rusty Guinn, Epsilon Theory Cheesing is how Kodak happens. |
Izabella Kaminska, FT Alphaville There are a lot of similarities between the two movements. |
Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion It doesn’t much matter how you measure monetary stimulus, the Fed hasn’t done much of it during 2020. |
Robert McCauley, VoxEU Congress should authorize the Fed to buy and sell corporate bonds directly. |
Walter Thompson, TechCrunch Nearshoring is mutually beneficial because developers don't have to give up their culture for a great employment opportunity and businesses can reap the benefits of diversification. |
John Stossel, Reason.com The GOP is hardly the party of fiscal responsibility these days. |
Matt Egan, CNN Business Bustling skyscrapers and office parks packed with workers could be a relic of the pre-pandemic world. |
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