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The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Apr 16, 2015

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<= href="http://link.mail.bloombergview.com/55086a4c3b35d051538c37cc2i1qn.=4b/VRLhiUmOwEbNACpqBaacd" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;line=height:1.6em">U.S. Economy

=span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 27.2000007629395px;">T=e Editors: "Legislators say they want to clear an obstacle to=U.S. prosperity: burdensome regulation of the community banks on which muc= of small-town America relies. It's a worthy goal, but Congress isn't purs=ing it the right way."

A. Gary Shilling: "Retail sal=s rose less than expected in March after declining for three consecutive m=nths. ... This is puzzling. Why would consumers spend less as the economy =icks up steam?" Read m=re...

Declassified

Eli Lake: "When U.S. special =perations forces exited Yemen last month, it was seen as a severe blow to =he fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. ... Nonetheless, the O=ama administration promised it would still be able to target the al-Qaeda =ffiliate that has repeatedly attempted attacks on U.S. soil. This week, th= government appeared to make good on its word." Read more...

Middle East

Daniel Gordis: "As Israel on =hursday observes Yom HaShoah, its annual day of mourning for victims of th= Holocaust, the air-raid sirens sounded, and in a moment that sends chills=up the spines of millions of Israelis, an entire nation became silent and =tood still. ... The silence is a symbol of our recognition that even 70 ye=rs later, words still fail us." Read more...

Retirement

Ramesh Ponnuru: The U.S. gove=nment should guarantee all senior citizens a decent floor of income while =xpanding people’s ability to use their own savings to finance reti=ement. "But we won’t get that system if we listen to reflexive att=cks on benefit cuts, or if we indulge the fantasy that we can pay for ever=thing Social Security has promised, and more, with sky-high taxes on the r=ch." Read more... =/span>

Latin America

Mac Margolis: "A tanking econ=my, widening corruption, blistering drought. It's not as if Brazil didn't =ave enough troubles. Now right-wing lawmakers are trying to stage a judici=l counter-revolution by resurrecting a bill to lower the jailing age from =8 to 16." Read more...

Sports

David Kahn: "The National Bas=etball Association is holding its next Board of Governors meeting this wee= in New York, where it is expected to again address what has become a rite=of spring: how to fix the competitive imbalance between the Eastern and We=tern conferences by revamping the playoffs." Read more...

Europe

Mark Gilbert: "In the same wa= as investors favor the stocks of well-run companies with healthy profit o=tlooks in expanding industries, money managers lean toward the currencies =f nations with growing economies, political stability and well-run monetar= policies. On that basis, the euro region is in trouble." Read more...

Leonid Bershidsky: "As Germany wrestle= with whether to finally permit the publication of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Ka=pf,' controversies in a number of European countries make it seem as thoug= World War II never ended. One has to wonder if, with the passing of the g=neration that actually fought the war, the time hasn't come to set a cut-o=f date for its use by politicians." =a href="http://link.mail.bloombergview.com/55086a4c3b35d051538c37cc2i1qn=y4b/VS_kEkmOMNDef9qWBc504" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;lin=-height:1.6em">Read more...

Wall Street

Noah Smith: "Don’t ju=t assume that finance is a worthless activity. If you want to prune it, yo= need to do the hard work of checking it piece by piece. And the case for =sing government power to shrink one of the pieces needs to be a pretty sol=d one." Read more...

News Roundup

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

Jawbone closed a $300 million funding round led by BlackRo=k that values the company at $3 billion. Read more...

Ola, Uber’s biggest rival in India, raised a $400 =illion Series E round led by DST Capital. <= href="http://link.mail.bloombergview.com/55086a4c3b35d051538c37cc2i1qn.=4b/VS-WRsPoMPHSF6GrB0aba" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;line=height:1.6em">Read more...

Snapchat is recruiting Uber employees with a special filte= that turns on when a phone is near an Uber office. Read more...

Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup)

Clarissa Hayward at the Monkey Cage answers a good questio=: "Why does the U.S. use public revenue to support private home ownership?= Read more...

Dan Drezner at the Washington Post listens to Republicans =alking about canceling a deal with Iran. Read more...

Kevin Drum makes the case for the Senate bill on a future =ran agreement. Read more...=/a>

Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup)

Ben Bernanke will work with hedge fund Citadel as an advis=r. Read more...<=span>

The indomitable benchmarks! Read more...

Fighting the bubble in bubbles. Read more...

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