Rick Newman
Senior Columnist- Yahoo Finance
Even some Democrats say a $15 minimum wage is too high
This Democratic presidential candidate would set the minimum wage a lot lower than Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.
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This week in Trumponomics: The slowdown is here
The economy is starting to turn on Trump.
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Democrats are attacking the wrong companies
Many other companies treat workers, customers and the environment worse than Amazon, Facebook, Google and other familiar targets.
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The Trump tariffs aren’t working
New data shows they haven't helped the steel and aluminum industries as Trump promised they would.
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Meet presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand
The New York Senator, one of two dozen Democrats running for president, says Trump has filled the swamp, not drained it.
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Trump is bluffing on China tariffs
Any more tariffs on Chinese imports would push the US economy into a dangerous no-go zone.
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Biden’s health care plan is a potent weapon against Trump
The former vice president rejects "Medicare for all."
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This week in Trumponomics: Trump is about to get his interest rate cut
Markets roared on the news, but a Fed rate cut isn't something to cheer.
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How to kill health insurers
One Democratic presidential candidate wants the insurers to die slowly instead of putting them out of business overnight.
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How Joe Biden avoided Hillary Clinton's Wall Street problem
Biden made a lot of money giving paid speeches--but none to Wall Street banks.
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Everybody running for president is rich
Four of the top five presidential candidates rank in the top 5% of earners. There's also a new billionaire running.
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Ross Perot was Trumpy, years before Trump
H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died.
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This week in Trumponomics: Bigly job numbers
The labor market boom continues. Trump needs it to last another year.
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The economy needs this more than an interest-rate cut
If Trump would end his trade war with China, the Federal Reserve could stand pat, as it probably should.
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Democrats are fighting a dangerous battle against the profit motive
Profits are the new enemy of some Democrats running for president.
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The Trump trade war is far from over
The trade truce recently negotiated between the United States and China might not last the summer.
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This week in Trumponomics: Trump bashes the man who can bail him out
Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have hit a new low — and will probably go lower.
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The Democrats need better villains
They're blaming companies and industries that have nothing to do with the nation's real problems.
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Trump's fatal flaw
More than two years into his term, Trump still hasn't learned the law of unintended consequences.
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A super-short guide to the 24 Democrats running for president
Choices in the sprawling Democratic field range from millennials to grandparents, and from pragmatic businesspeople to socialist renegades.
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This week in Trumponomics: Tax-cut blowback
There's new evidence the Trump tax cuts are causing unintended damage and fading as stimulus.
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Trump should stop bragging about the stock market
For the last year and a half, stock-market gains have barely kept up with inflation – for no real gain at all.
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Markets are still getting the Trump trade war wrong
Investors expect a breakthrough when President Trump and President Xi meet in late June. Fat chance.
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Elizabeth Warren's best and worst economic ideas
The Democratic presidential candidate has a plan for everything. We graded 13 of them.
