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<title><![CDATA[Zachary Karabell - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14874.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Zachary Karabell]]></description><category domain="14874">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Does Trump Have a Point About Interest Rates?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/30/trump-has-point-about-interest-rates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sept. 16, the Federal Reserve increased its target short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, which is the usual increment when the central bank makes such decisions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China and the U.S. Aren't in a Cold War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/16/china-us-arent-cold-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They are headed toward something more like a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'cold peace.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Weed Killer America Can't Afford To Lose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/monsantos-roundup-is-too-indispensable-lose/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A 7-2 Supreme Court decision protects Bayer from costly litigation over Roundup. Thank goodness.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The SpaceX IPO Has a Bright Side]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/16/bright-side-trillionaire-elon-musk-spacex-ipo/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Without question, SpaceX has created something of great value for society. Its space business has developed reusable rockets that are made economically, which is why the company is now the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' second-largest contractor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for NASA. Starlink has made the internet'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' accessible around the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RIP Paul Ehrlich and His Decided Lack of Optimism]]></title>
							<link>https://edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/false-prophets-of-doom</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RIP Paul Ehrlich and his decided lack of optimism]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hyperbolic Hyperbole]]></title>
							<link>https://edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/hyperbolic-hyperbole</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While I don't plan on spending the next four years writing about Trump, Trump, Trump, for the moment, it does seem culturally relevant, to say the least. And these first weeks have not disappointed, at least in terms of the ratings. By all appearances, the second season of the Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Season Premier: We Should All Hope for a 'Golden Age']]></title>
							<link>https://edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/season-premier</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So here we are, the beginning of the second Trump administration in the United States, January 20, 2025. In a rather subdued inaugural address, Trump promised a new golden age, which, on the face of it, is hardly something anyone would object to.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Realignment--and Why That's a Good Thing for U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/a-realignment</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are a week out from the U.S. presidential election. No, it was not a notably large victory for Trump. The popular vote count is not complete, and once it is, Trump will likely have gotten the most votes for a Republican candidate ever and won about 51% of the popular vote.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Well, That Happened...]]></title>
							<link>https://edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/well-that-happened</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is hardly a surprise that Trump won the election or that the Republicans gained control of the Senate. It is a surprise that as of this writing it seems fairly certain that Trump will have won the popular vote by several million, which was not on most people's expectation radar.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fed's Unprecedented Bailout of Everyone and Everything]]></title>
							<link>https://time.com/5813366/pandemic-financial-crisis-economic-crisis-looms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the Federal Reserve's massive intervention, we may avoid financial ruin. But the economic and health crisis will seriously test us.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The U.S.-China Trade Deal Was Not Even a Modest Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/17/united-states-china-trade-deal-not-a-win-100533</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's generous to even call it a deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans' Anti-China Attitudes Are Wrong and Dangerous]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/15/donald-trump-china-trade-war-hostility-229851</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, the president's trade war has taken the relationship to new lows. But anti-China attitudes are widespread in American politics and society'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and that's dangerous.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Trade War With China Is Making Mexico Great]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/16/trumps-trade-war-is-making-mexico-great-226876</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If high tariffs persuade manufacturers to leave China, they won't move to the United States. There's a much cheaper option next door.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Will Trump End His Pointless Dispute With China?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/01/trump-phony-trade-war-china-225514</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reeling from his failure to cut a deal with Kim Jong Un, will the president end his pointless dispute with Beijing?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Win a Trade War With China--Don't Fight It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/07/how-to-win-trade-war-china-217830</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At least, not yet. As the rhetoric has flown back and forth between Washington and Beijing, breathless news coverage has made it seem as though the war of tariffs has already begun. It has not'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'hardly any new duties have been levied. At most, the world is in its July 1914 moment,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Inflation? Technology May Have Left It in 20th Century]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wired.com/story/no-inflation-technology-may-have-left-it-back-in-the-20th-century/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During her'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' speech'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to the National Association of Business Economics on Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made a rather startling admission: The Fed may have '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'misspecified'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' its models for inflation and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'misjudged'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the strength of wages and the job market....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Year of Magical Economic Thinking]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/donald-trump-policy-lies-2016-214156</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is a relief that Donald Trump has finally turned to policy. Because now we can see, finally, that his policy ideas are as frothy, bombastic and detached from the world as the rest of his rhetoric. What the GOP candidate outlined in his big economic speech in Detroit on Monday relies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Not the Real Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-emails-115951.html?ml=m_a2_1#.VQAW5PzF-k4</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and most of Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'email-gate may be a relatively new issue, but it is an issue with a decades-long pedigree in American history. Once upon a time, in the era before email and whose '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'server'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was whose, it wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have been an issue at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ignore the Unemployment Rate]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579364852603962422?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303496804579364852603962422.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At 8:30 a.m. Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report, as it does at the start of every month. As usual, the announcement was widely covered in the financial and mainstream media'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a convenient hook for commentary about the state of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Sees the Limits of Government]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/edgy-optimist/2013/02/15/obama-sees-the-limits-of-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama made the middle class the focus of his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He was lauded by some as fighting for jobs and opportunity, and even for launching a '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'war on inequality'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' equivalent to President Lyndon B. Johnson'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s 1960s War on Poverty. He was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Potent Politics - But an Economic Pitfall]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/11/obama-call-for-buffett-rule-is-potent-politics-but-an-economic-pitfall.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday was a signal day for the 2012 presidential election: Mitt Romney conclusively became the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party after Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, and President Obama launched a full-throated attack on wealth and privilege, setting the stage for a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Things Are Better Than We Think]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/27/2012-economic-outlook-why-things-are-better-than-we-think.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&amp;cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&amp;utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Years from now, when we look back at 2011, it may be remembered as one of the best worst years of the early 21st century. You'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'d be hard-pressed to come up with an extended period where people were more negative, yet remarkably, in the United States at least, not much actually happened....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Bad Bankers - and Their Bonuses - Are Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2043429,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Banks are back. JPMorgan chase recently announced that it earned $4.8  billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, nearly 50% over the previous  year. Its CEO, Jamie Dimon, said he hoped the bank would soon return to  paying meaningful dividends to shareholders, having all but suspended  them...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is There Too Much Worry About the Debt?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1969745,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Judging from the noises emanating from some corners of Washington these days, the federal debt has assumed pride of place as the source of national anxiety. President Obama has called for independent commissions to seek ways to reduce spending. The media are filled with talk of America's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Earnings Don't Signal U.S. Recovery]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203517304574306414148814226.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite grim predictions, most major U.S. companies have reported positive earnings for the second quarter of 2009. Given how wrong past predictions have been, the fact that earnings have blown away expectations shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be so surprising. Still, the numbers are genuinely...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Stop Worrying About Inflation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=b99437a6-e658-4841-bbff-1c684f641a52</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Economic News Isn't All Bleak]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123025736834034741.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[America &amp; the New Financial World]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325757745406687.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Is No 'The U.S. Economy']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearmarkets.com/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Karabell</author>
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