Policy and Government           

In the WSJ, Phil Gramm and Mike Solon discuss Warren’s assault on retirement wealth.

Steve Forbes remembers T. Boone Pickens.

Shuli Ren at Bloomberg attributes the virulence of the Hong Kong unrest to income inequality exacerbated by “easy money”.

Bret Swanson at AEIdeas asks whether remarkable rising productivity growth is a blip or a boom.

FEE reminds us that technology creates more jobs than it destroys.

Monetary

CNBC reports President Trump called for zero or negative interest rates.

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