RealClearMarkets Week of June 8, 2026 Archives

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Monday, June 8
Generally Positive Jobs Report Got Cool Reception
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Jobs Numbers Make the Fed's Case for Fighting Inflation
Editorial Washington Post
Grads Mad Companies Automating Their Future
Molly Jong-Fast The New York Times
What Fed Chair Warsh May Be Thinking About Right Now
Alex Pollock Law & Liberty
When It Comes To Money, Economists Are Profound Excess
John Tamny Forbes
Warren Buffett's Latest Progressive Tax Rate Whopper
George Harbison RealClear
Russ Vought's War On Progress In the Name of Taxpayers
Jessica Calarco MS NOW
How the IRS's Current Tax System Discourages Compliance
Bruce Willey RealClear
"Global Warming" Loses Yet Another Cog In the Machine
Editorial Issues & Insights
When the Card Declined Abroad Is a Policy Failure
Julian Morris RealClearMarkets
Andrew Left Shouldn't Face Prison for Being Right
Charles Gasparino New York Post
Yes, Stocks Were Volatile Last Week. But Stay Invested
Jacob Sonenshine Barron's
The Average Social Security Benefit By Age
Rachel Hartman U.S. News & World Report
Perhaps We Don't All Need $1 Million To Retire After All
Daniel de Visé USA Today
Antitrust Enforcers Overstate Market Power, Understate Value
Mark Jamison RCM


Tuesday, June 9
A Financial Catastrophe Looms, & We Forgot to Care
Matthew Lynn Washington Post
Matthew Lynn Is Blissfully Innocent of "Coverage Ratios"
John Tamny RealClear
What Left Gets Wrong Abt. Middle Class
Stephen Rose & Scott Winship New York Times
Best Way to Make Social Security Solvent
Wendell Primus & William Hoagland The Hill
Trump's America Is Exporting, & the Trade Deficit Is Shrinking
Peter Navarro RCM
Bessent’s Neo-Mercantilism: New Podium, Old Mistakes
David Hebert Daily Econ.
The Sad, Cautionary Tale of China and American Chips
Eric Miller The Opinion Pages
As Its Huge IPO Nears, Here's My Problem with SpaceX
Stephen McBride RiskHedge
Relax Over Seeking Meaning In Friday's Correction
Market Minder Fisher Investments
An Average Economy: Not Great, Not Terrible
Joseph Calhoun Alhambra Investments
Jobs Rpt. Masks Underlying Slack
Jazmine Amoako & Sara Estep Center for Am Progress
Wall Street Races "Onchain," & the Scramble Begins
Emily Ekshian RealClearMarkets
Mayor Mamdani’s Disdain For NY Business Is Showing
John Ketcham New York Post
AOC’s Billionaire Attack Sells Gen Z Sadder, Smaller Am Dream
John Tillman Fox
Amid Uncertainty, Saving Is More Important Than Ever
Marc Cadin RealClearMarkets


Wednesday, June 10
U.S. at 250: Greatest Compounding Machine In History
Meb Faber RealClearMarkets
SpaceX IPO Hype: Proof the Stock Market Is Broken
Aaron Zamost New York Times
Latest Tariff Talk Isn't Spooking Markets. Get It?
Market Minder Donald Trump
Headline CPI Print Is Hot, While Core Inflation Is Not
Peter Navarro RealClearMarkets
When a World Cup Team Loses, Its Stock Market Drops
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Housing Is Affordable, There's Just Too Many Jennifer Aniston's
John Tamny RCM
Mamdani Is Aiming to Socialize the NYC Skyline
Nicole Huyer & Annie Heim Fox News
AI Doom Talk: Worst Act by Commencement Speakers
Rikki Schlott New York Post
Searching for America's Missing Workers, Old and Young
James Carter RealClear
A New Flavor of Socialism Emerges Among Young
Raushan Gross American Thinker
Economic Growth Proved the Biggest Foe of U.S. Poverty
Editorial Washington Post
It's Time to End a Faulty Retirement Double Standard
Bob McEwen RealClearMarkets
CA Is Rethinking Nuclear, So Should Environmental Groups
Ethan Brown The Hill
The Doomslayers Are Shaping U.S.'s Energy Policy
Travis Fisher & David Simon Cato
Fight to Protect Women's Sports Is Economic Battle Too
Carrie Lukas Acton Institute


Thursday, June 11
I'm a Big Fan of SpaceX, But Won't Be Buying At the IPO
Stephen McBride RiskHedge
The Global Bull Market That Artificial Intelligence Obscures
Liaquat Ahamed NYT
Every Presidential Candidate Needs a Social Security Fix
Editorial Washington Post
Social Security Is Political. There's No Looming "Insolvency"
John Tamny RealClear
PPI Confirms CPI: Energy Shock, Not a Trigger For a Rate Hike
Peter Navarro RCM
Donald Trump Promised to Protect Social Security. He Didn't
Zeeshan Aleem MSN
Give Thanks For a Life-Saving Invention: Air Conditioning
Editorial Issues & Insights
Anthropic Uniquely Sees Where Things Are Headed
Zachary Karabell Edgy Optimist
Nordics Emerge As the World's AI Infrastructure Superpower
Tor Langoy RealClear
The 4.2 Percent Rate Is Disappointing, But Worst May Be Over
Jeffrey Bartash MW
What Happens If You Buy Plane Ticket, & the Fare Drops?
Zach Wichter USA Today
There's No Water Scarcity, There's Just Government
Julia Cartwright Daily Economy
Why Universal Basic Income Would Be So Bad For Our Future
Ted Jenkin Fox News
Courts Must Opt Out of Colorado's Aims to Destroy State Banks
Todd Zywicki RCM
Copernicus at 500: More Relevant Than Ever
Joseph Solis-Mullen Libertarian Institute
Nothing Says Socialism Like AOC's 'Tax-the-Rich' Shirt
Andrea Peyser New York Post


Friday, June 12
Bitcoin at $1M? The Math Points to Vy Different Number
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
AI Mania Is Coming for Retirement Accounts
David Wallace-Wells & Natasha Sarin NYT
The S&P Just Saved Your Retirement From Elon Musk, for Now
Alex Kirshner Slate
A Libertarian Case Against Ex Rep. Thomas Massie
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Under the CPI Hood, the Prices Are Calming Down
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Readings Indicate Inflation In U.S. Is Getting Even Worse
Editorial Washington Post
Like CPI, PPI Does Not Justify Rate Hikes From Fed
Peter Navarro RealClearMarkets
World Cup: Sports Betting's Biggest Moment, & Last Hurrah?
Nick Devor Barron's
Congress Shouldn't Import Europe's App Store Mistakes
David McGarry RealClear
Ignore Warming Lunacy, or High Energy Prices Will Make You
Ben Lieberman Fox
Andrew Ferguson Rejects Most of Khanservatism
Norm Singleton RealClearMarkets
Did Trump Accidentally Create Electric Vehicle Mandate?
Editorial Issues & Insights
Social Security's Shortfall Is Worse Than Trustees Project
Romina Boccia Cato
Unchecked Bureaucracy: Soc. Security's New Retirement Rules
David Weaver RCM
Saturday, June 13
Social Security's Problem Not Politics, It's Arithmetic
Robert Singer RealClearMarkets
How Elon Musk Is Colonizing Earth
Amy Gamerman & Tam Stockton The New York Times
How Elon Musk Completely Nailed It With SpaceX IPO
William Gavin Marketwatch
Why Elon Musk Is Worst Person to Become 1st Trillionaire
Paul Waldman MS NOW
ICYMI: The Dems’ Anti-ICE Campaign Was An Epic Fail
Editorial Issues & Insights
If Alive, What Policy Ideas Would Milton Friedman Take Back?
John Tamny RCM
Why Aren't U.S. Teenagers Getting Summer Jobs Anymore?
Joel Mathis The Week
Battery Breakthroughs Will Lessen AI's Burden On Grid
Editorial Washington Post
With $30 Wage Floors, LA Legislators Try to Mandate Wealth
Ted Jenkin Fox News
It's Time for California's Business Lobby To Grow a Spine
Editorial California Post
Why Fed Chair Warsh Won't Have to Debut With Rate Hike
Pat O'Hare Briefing.com
Is Kevin Warsh a Hawk Or a Dove On the Matter of Inflation?
Peter Morici Newsmax



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