Tag: Bloomberg View
Still no good way to let a big bank fail
Once upon a time, President Donald Trump vowed to “do a very major haircut” on the Dodd-Frank Act. After a lengthy review, his officials...
The rules of the game are changing for investors
Rising U.S. bond yields have shocked financial markets out of their low-volatility complacency. The fragile nature of last year’s Goldilocks-like environment of strong growth...
The real reason Walmart raised its minimum wage
“Walmart workers” used to be a handy synonym for “low-paid.” But over the past few years, the company has steadily raised the wage it...
Busiest workers not always the best
At the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, the U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley put up a statistic that wowed folks back home: He...
How not to erase student debt
Even by government standards, it is a colossally dumb idea: revoking someone’s license to work as a way to get them to pay off...
Big banks need to know what they’re doing
“Know thyself,” goes the Delphic maxim. You might think it superfluous advice for the world’s biggest banks – that the executives responsible for global...
A faster, more rural internet is needed
Of the many divides between urban and rural America – political, cultural, sartorial – the hardest to justify may be technological. Fast internet service...
How to slay the patent trolls
In a recent episode of HBO’s sitcom “Silicon Valley,” a lawyer tries to extort money from a struggling startup by threatening to sue it...
Restaurants where the jobs are
July was another fine month for jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.3 percent, labor-force participation rising, and nonfarm payroll employment up by...
Not always ‘a millennial thing’
There have been thousands of articles published about the millennial generation and how its members are different from everybody else. So, when Laura Finfer...
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