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Economy III (from 5-3-26)

  1. Economy.  “In Defense of the McDonald’s Cheeseburger.” By Faith Bottum. [It’s cheaper than it was in 1948, when gauged on a sandwich-per-hour basis.]  4-23-26
  2. Economy.  “A Dispiriting Airline Bailout.” [There’s no economic justification for saving Spirit Airlines.]  4-24-26
  3. Economy.  “Trump’s Research Cuts Play Into China’s Hands.” By Rahm Emanuel. [Democrats need to get back to basics and adopt policies that encourage faster economic growth.]   4-24-26
  4. Economy. “Donald Trump’s Economic Engineer.” By Mark Halperin. [The Treasury secretary looks ahead to the Beijing summit and discusses AI, energy, taxes, bank regulation and more.]   4-25-26
  5. Economy.  “The Credit Bubble Everybody’s Ignoring.”  By Allysia Finley. [Federally backed student loans and mortgages are seeing increased defaults. Taxpayers are on the hook.] 4-27-26
  6. Economy.  “Gambling by Another Name.” By Andy Kessler. [Prediction markets call it ‘contracts’ or ‘swaps,’ but it’s really old-fashioned betting.]    4-27-26
  7. Economy.  “AI Saves the Trump Economy.” [The tech investment boom helps to offset damage from tariffs.]   5-1-26
  8. Economy.  “Corporate Jargon Saved My Self-Esteem.” By Andrea Javor. [‘Let’s sunset the initiative,’ my boss told me. That was a lot easier to stomach than ‘You failed miserably.’]   5-1-26
  9. Economy.  “We’re Going to Miss Tim Cook.” By Andy Kessler. [Apple’s departing CEO helped bring billions out of poverty through globalization.]   5-4-26
  10. Economy.  “GameStop, eBay and the Bet on Debt.” [The $56 billion bid is another sign that the credit mania continues.]   5-5-26
  11. Economy.    “America Is in a Red State.” By William A. Galston.  [The national debt is now greater than the annual GDP, and it isn’t about to shrink.]   5-6-26
  12. Economy.  “The Lawsuits Will Continue Until Morale Improves.” By Cory L. Andrews. [A California court holds a pharmaceutical company can be found liable for not innovating quickly enough.]   5-6-26
  13. Economy. “The U.N. Will Make Airfares More Expensive.” By Brenda Shaffer. [Airlines will soon have to pay to offset their emissions.]   5-7-26
  14. Economy.  “Tim Cook, Apple’s Gold Mine Manager.” By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. [There may never be another iPhone. There may never be a substitute for the device either.]   5-9-26
  15. Economy.  “The ‘Overproduction’ Excuse for Trump’s Tariffs.” By Ed Gresser.  [Boeing makes more jets than Americans buy, but that doesn’t mean it is acting as a trader predator.]    5-11-26
  16. Economy.  “Affordability Brainstorms, Good and Bad.” [Cutting the beef tariff is a good idea, but pausing the federal gas tax isn’t].   5-12-26
  17. Economy.  “Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made.” By Howard Schultz. [Starbucks is moving jobs from Washington state to Tennessee, and it isn’t alone in looking elsewhere.]    5-12-26