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Share The View

The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Sep 25, 2015

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Noah Feldman: "Although [Chinese Pre=ident] Xi Jinping runs a global economic and military power while Pope Fra=cis is a spiritual guide who, as Stalin observed, has no divisions, they d= in fact share a common challenge. Each man is in the midst of a historic =truggle to defeat an entrenched bureaucracy that has constrained his prede=essors." Read more...

Albert R. Hunt: "Don't expect bishops to deny communion to Iowa Congressman Steve Ki=g, an immigration-basher, or to the presidential candidate Marco Rubio for=a tax plan that include break for many wealthy Americans. … But no= there's a new dynamic. Pope Francis' advocacy for the poor and for immigr=nts, along with his warnings about income inequality and the perils of cli=ate change, means that politicians will have to answer for their positions=on those issues." Read more...

CONGRESS

The Editors: "One way to judg= whether a member of Congress has any sense at all is to see if he or she =efrains from partisan exploitation of the pontiff's remarks. Yes, the pope=had a case to make -- on immigration, poverty, abortion and more. But his =elevant message to Congress was both more general and more pointed." Read more...

Clive Crook: "The fact remain=, in political terms [Pope Francis is] both an extreme social conservative=and an extreme economic progressive. ... If the pope had described in plai= terms his positions on, say, abortion and income redistribution, or gay m=rriage and climate change, he'd have tested congressional decorum severely= He decided to tread gently." Read more...

Wall Street

Matt Levine: "As you may know, this =olumn never contains legal advice, but it does sometimes contain what you =ight call life advice. Specifically the following life advice: If you have=inside information about an upcoming merger, don't buy short-dated out-of-=he-money call options on the target. That's how they get you!" Read more...

Foreign Policy

Megan McArdle: "Europe and the U.S. have seen [refugees] as a problem to be solved, =r at best an obligation to be fulfilled. Take another look: These people a=e pioneers. Future citizens, teachers, engineers, P.T.A. dads, entrepreneu=s, valedictorians, doctors. ... [They] shouldn't have to beg for a chance =o build productive lives in Germany or Britain or the U.S. We should be go=ng out to invite them in." Read more...

EUROPE

Leonid Bershidsky: "There is a strong likelihood th=t the European Court of Justice -- the European Union's highest judicial a=thority -- will act this year to strike down the regulation that allowed t=e unhindered transfer of personal data between the EU and the U.S. Althoug= there are easy ways for U.S. tech companies to get around data transfer r=les, this ruling would send an unintended message: Europe, in effect, woul= be making an official determination that the U.S. allows the abuse of pri=ate information." Read more...

Investing

Barry Ritholtz: "Over the yea=s, I have been critical of the way 401(k)s are created, administered and m=naged. ... I was reminded of this courtesy of a recent discussion at Morni=gstar FundInvestor, the investment research and mutual-fund rating company= Russell Kinnel, a senior analyst at the firm, looked at the funds that Mo=ningstar has in its own 401(k). After all, if Morningstar can't put togeth=r a good 401(k), then what chance does your company’s benefits adm=nistrator have?" Read more...

Sports

Kavitha A. Davidson: "The Pat=ick Kane rape investigation continues to get uglier. Even before the lates= bizarre development, we were well past the time for the NHL to intervene =nd take the Chicago Blackhawks star off the ice." Read more...<=span>

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