05/06/2020
Today Richard Rahn, Washington Times Would you agree to buy a new motor vehicle without knowing the price? Of course not. Your options are many — sedan, convertible, sports car, SUV, minivan, pickup truck, etc. in many different sizes with different features, including different safety features. Most people do not buy the “safest” vehicle because of both price and the fact that other vehicles may have features they value more. |
Marik Von Rennenkampff, The Hill Tens of thousands of lives would have been saved and lockdowns would have been shorter (or entirely unnecessary), significantly minimizing the economic catastrophe America faces today. |
Zachary Karabell, Foreign Policy The U.S. policy processâ?"if there is oneâ?"has been driven by public health experts. Their input is important, but governments must balance their advice with input from other sectors. |
Nikki Haley, Fox The federal government's wise moves have saved lives and livelihoods. Unfortunately, they have been mixed with unwise ones. |
John Tamny, RealClearMarkets CNBC reported last week that banking giant Wells Fargo was "stepping away from the market for home equity lines of credit because of uncertainty tied to the coronavirus pandemic." As... |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Deflation isn't the next shoe to drop, in our view. |
Michael Cannivet, Forbes Fear and greed are timeless. So is the wisdom of Jesse Livermore. As a thought experiment, we can apply Jesse's classic principles to gain a better edge on the market setup today. |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch There's good reason for Warren Buffett to be cautious about making new investments right now. |
Maria Cramer & Mihir Zaveri, NYT Millions of Americans are taking part in an unprecedented experiment in working from home. Many are happier, more efficient and want to hang onto the benefits when the pandemic ends. |
Joakim Book, American Institute for Economic Research When Matt Ridley speaks, you listen. When he writes a book for the first time in five years, you read it, for its wonderful British irony and its big-picture wisdom – not once, but many times. Having been busy with his position in the House of Lords as well as a popular speaker and campaigner for Brexit, his book writing rate has regrettably slowed down. |
Ike Brannon, RealClearMarkets |
Cathy Erway, New York With restaurants around the country shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, it's clear that chains have the best chance at reopening â?" here's why that's a problem for the country's best restaurants. |
Russell Redenbaugh & James Juliano, Kairos Capital |
Jeff Erber, Grey Owl Capital |
Connor Harris, Manhattan Institute Light rail has been a success for some cities, but some existing systems should be canceled or closed in favor of more efficient transit systems. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Edward Pinto, American Enterprise Institute |
William Smead, Smead Capital Management |
Andrew Chamberlain & Zanele Munyikwa, Glassdoor |
Donald Boudreaux, AIER Should science play a role in guiding our responses – both private and governmental – to the COVID-19 pandemic? The answer, of course, is yes. No thoughtful person would for even a moment think to answer otherwise. |
Richard Besser, USA Today |
Dan Proft, The Dan Proft Show |
Greg Bensinger, NYT One of the city's poorest neighborhoods faces a looming health crisis as its most vulnerable residents â?" and medical advice â?" are overlooked. |
Michelle King, CNN While it may take a global pandemic to finally acknowledge the capability women leaders have, companies shouldn't wait until there is a crisis to afford women an opportunity to lead, writes Michelle P. King, director of Inclusion at Netflix. |
Emily Cegielski, Worth Could FaceTime showings and virtual tours become the new reality of real estate? |
Tim Lytton, MW ?Reasonable care? sets a clear standard that protects business owners |
Emma Baccellieri, SI Take one part American pastime, add a twist of gambling, and then a global health crisis: Hours-long livestreams of people opening packs of sports cards had already become popular enough to save the sports card business, but now, interest is surging to a new level. |
Peter Boettke, American Institute for Economic Research Ignorance isn’t bliss. Ignorance is horrible. When the social reform movement in the late 19thand early 20th century emerged it took aim at five giants: want (poverty), ignorance (education), disease (public health), squalor (housing) and idleness (unemployment). From a social science point of view, heck from a humanitarian point of view, these do lead to misery and their eradication represents a worthy goal for any “Good Society.” As Adam Smith argued in The Wealth of Nations long ago, “No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far... |
Richard Salsman, Capitalism Magazine |
Kenn Tacchino, MarketWatch Don't overlook the humble â?" but powerful â?" HSA |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Ed Yardeni, Dr. Ed's Blog You should invest in crony capitalism. |
Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918. |
Steve LeVine, Marker Are a generation of reckless startups dying or just going into hibernation? |
Theodore Schleifer, Vox The layoffs at Airbnb cast a dark shadow over Silicon Valley. |
Sean Collins, Vox Millennials still recovering from the Great Recession now face a downturn that's being compared to the Great Depression. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Going through some of the companies I use that have been impacted by this crisis. |
Jamie Powell, FT Alphaville "The changing structure of American innovation: Some cautionary remarks for economic growth" |
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