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The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Apr 10, 2015

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Mark Whitehouse: "If you worr= about the declining fortunes of the U.S. middle class, take heed: It migh= be worse than you realized." Read more...

India

Dhiraj Nayyar: "On his first =rip to Germany this Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join =hancellor Angela Merkel to inaugurate the world’s largest industri=l fair, Hanover Messe. No doubt Modi’s eager to showcase his 'Make=in India' campaign in the manufacturing powerhouse of Europe. But it�=99ll take much more than a slick marketing campaign to attract fair partic=pants to set up shop in India." Read more...

U.K.

The Editors: "As the U.K.'s g=neral election approaches, Britain's Labour Party has found a nice stick w=th which to beat Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservatives. Labou= leader Ed Miliband has called for an end to a long-standing tax loophole =hat benefits the footloose rich. As well as being popular, Labour's propos=l is correct." Read mo=e...

Mark Gilbert: "Th= most exciting/divisive/unpredictable (take your pick) U.K. election in de=ades is finally starting to ping the risk radar of the global investment c=mmunity. The prospect of a hung Parliament, with neither Labour nor the Co=servatives winning enough seats to form a government, and both reluctant t= co-opt a smaller party into a full coalition, is making investors wary of=owning U.K. assets." R=ad more...

Economics

Noah Smith: The theory of sti=ky prices, which claims prices don't automatically adjust in response to e=ents, wasn't greeted warmly at first by the economic establishment. "But d=spite these scattered denunciations and grumbles, sticky prices are enjoyi=g a hard-fought place in the sun. The moral of the story is that if you ju=t keep pounding away with theory and evidence, even the toughest orthodoxy=in a mean, confrontational field like macroeconomics will eventually have =o give you some respect." Read more...

Education

Stephen L. Carter: Leon Botst=in, president of Bard College, suggests embracing the ideal of the common =chool, where education transforms private individuals into equal citizens =n a democracy. "If the common school could be restored ... I would also sh=re Botstein’s desire to make another try. Alas, that horse has lef= the barn." Read mor=...

Declassified

Josh Rogin: "On the same day =hat President Barack Obama said that Governor Scott Walker should 'bone up= on foreign policy, the soon-to-be Republican presidential candidate was i= a full day of national security briefings, part of his intensive behind-t=e-scenes preparation to run for commander in chief." Read more...

News=Roundup

Katie Benner (Read the news roundup)=/p>

After studying 32 consumer companies with big valuations, =hasta Ventures found some surprising themes. Read more...

Prosper raised about $165 million and is now valued at $1.= billion. Read more...<=span>

Uber is now letting riders in India hail three-wheeled aut= rickshaws and pay in cash.

Jonathan Bernstein<=pan class="roundup-read-more" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;tex=-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;font-weight:normal;font-size:17px;line-heig=t:1.6em;text-transform:none"> (Read the news roundup)<=span>

Jamelle Bouie at Slate on Grant and Lee: R=ad more...

Dan Drezner at the Washington Post on the neocon Republica=s: Read more...

At the Monkey Cage, Lisa Denney looks at post-Ebola Sierra=Leone. Read more...

Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup)

Did you miss the stock market rally? You’re not al=ne. Read more...=/span>

You’ve never heard of the bull market's best stock=pickers. Read more...<=span>

Jamie Dimon addresses his critics. Read mo=e...

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