03/29/2021
Today Jeffrey Tucker, Am. Institute for Economic Research "Now we can see the failure in black, white, and full color, daily appearing on our screens courtesy of the CDC. Has that shaken the pro-lockdown pundit class? Not that much. What an amazing testament to the stubbornness of elite opinion and its bias against basic freedoms. They might all echo... |
Jerry Theodorou, Washington Examiner People in the United States have filed nearly 10,000 COVID-19-related lawsuits in state and federal courts since the outbreak of the virus. The litigation wave, likely to swell this year as courts reopen and pent-up demand is released, is fueling a rising trend in civil litigation and adding a tax… |
Parrott & Goodman, CNN As the coronavirus shuttered much of the nation's economy last year, policymakers imposed a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to keep millions of families from losing their homes. As the nation's lockdown dragged on, they extended both, with the eviction moratorium now set to expire this week on March 31st, but likely to be extended again, and the foreclosure moratorium set to expire at the end of June. |
Kevin Williamson, National Review Unless we start getting our fiscal house in order now, we will soon be at the mercy of our creditors. |
Jim Tankersley & Emily Cochrane, New York Times The president's infrastructure proposals are likely to require trillions of dollars in new tax revenue. They also give liberals a chance to address what they call the failures of Republican tax cuts. |
Trish Regan, American Consequences With trillions more in proposed spending from Biden, Trish Regan wonders if the ultimate Democrats' dream is canceling capitalism. |
Andrew Wilford, RCM Last week, because of its dreadful failure to keep up with tax filing season and pressure fromadvocacy organizations and members of Congress, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acted to move the deadline for filing and payment of federal income taxes from April 15 to May 17. Since then, the majority of states have conformed to this updated deadline. But several states have yet to follow suit, creating potential uncertainty for taxpayers over filing and paying their taxes effectively. The rationale behind moving the Tax Day deadline this year appears to be less of a home runthan it was last... |
John Tamny, Forbes Since money is an effect of production, attempts to plan its supply would be as successful as conceited efforts to plan production. Meaning, not at all. Which means focusing the Fed on money supply is not at all free market. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments With prices up in some corners of the economy, we examine what inflation is—and isn't. |
Michael Panfil & Sarah Ladin, Hill Climate change is a threat to our financial system. It's encouraging to see steps are being taken in a financially sound direction. |
Charles Gasparino, NYP Warren Buffett hates cryptocurrencies. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen isn't a fan and neither is Bill Gates. Ditto for scores of great economic minds who call the rise of cryptos like Bitcoin a "b… |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Wall Street's calendar trading patterns aren't worth planning your days around. |
Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab |
Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial Research Thursday, March 25, 2021 Top Story |
Various, HireAHelper Cities With The Most Self-Employed Workers |
Matthew Luzzetti, Deutsche Bank Group |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Clifford Thies, AIER The O shaped recovery |
Daniel Bunn & Scott Hodge, CNN President Joe Biden said he hopes to have America nearly back to normal by July 4th. For that to happen, policymakers must continue to make progress on sparking a swift and sustainable economic recovery. |
Steven Greenhut, Reason Conservatives would no doubt use government differently than liberals, but libertarians have good reason to doubt that the results will be better. |
Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times There is little evidence for a big jump in prices, but some economists and bond investors fear President Biden's policies could lead to inflation. |
Charlie Bilello, Compound Advisors 5 charts from the past week that tell an interesting story in markets and investing… |
Peter Coy, BBW Close to two-thirds say "saving as much as I can makes me feel happy and fulfilled." |
Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense If the last year or so has taught us anything about U.S. government debt, it should be that we don't need to "pay" for more spending.The money is essentially created out of thin air by issuing mor |
Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch Inflation is set to surge just as the Federal Reserve thinks it will recede. |
Sebastien Canderle, Enterprising Investor Should a loan that one neither intends nor is required to repay be considered debt or equity? |
Jason Del Rey, Vox Snarky tweets targeting Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren came after the CEO told execs they weren't pushing back hard enough on critics. |
J.C. Parets, All Star Charts In the wake of this week's events, I thought I would take a moment to remind everyone that nothing should surprise you. |
Veronique de Rugy, Reason The scale of the current relief efforts means that many Americans received more income during this pandemic than they did before it. |
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution It is illegal to sell or gift marijuan in Maine. But it isn't illegal to return marijuana to someone who lost it. |
Editors, The Christian Science Monitor Opening day this year for Major League Baseball could bring a renewal of fan affection and for the game itself. |
Christian Britschgi, Reason Would vaccine vigilantes be justified in stealing and distributing AstraZeneca doses locked up by order of the government? |
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