Subject: Why Macron won and Clinton lost
From: "Bloomberg View" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 05:01:55 -0400 (EDT)

.footer .iOSLink a {       color: #666666 !important;       text-decoration: none !important;     }      @media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {       body {         padding: 10px !important;       }       .one-column p,       .one-column li {         font-size: 19px !important;         line-height: 29px !important;       }     }A daily digest of opinions and analysisWhat America Could Learn From FranceOn both sides of the Atlantic this past year, hackers, bots and fake news sites did everything possible to derail the center-left presidential candidate in favor of the right-wing competitor. So why did Emmanuel Macron emerge victorious in France, while Hillary Clinton failed just months earlier in the United States? Leonid Bershidsky suspects two key points help explain the discrepancy: French voters are less gullible than their U.S. counterparts, and Macron was simply a better candidate.The Kushners Add to Trump’s Conflicts of InterestSurprise! Jared Kushner’s sister was in Beijing this past weekend, selling Chinese investors on a New Jersey real-estate project (and not coincidentally, selling her own proximity to the president of the United States). Trump biographer Timothy L. O’Brien sees the venture as part of an ever-growing list of the Trump family’s ethically dubious ventures.Why I Side With the ‘Bad Guys’ on EncryptionInformation security is so sophisticated these days, the FBI could only break into half of the 6,000 cell phones it seized over six months, according to Director James Comey. Naturally, law-enforcement officials wants tech companies to build “backdoors” to secure devices so investigators can retrieve evidence — but law professor Stephen Carter argues that the threat of governments snooping around in our private lives should worry more than just “bad guys.”What’s Reasonable to Qualcomm Isn’t to AppleA seemingly arcane patent dispute between a major computer-chip-maker and the tech world’s 500-pound gorilla could have a dramatic effect on the entire industry: If Apple prevails, it could change one of the most prevalent practices in Silicon Valley (and end up lowering the cost of an iPhone). Patent-and-licensing dispute aficionado Joe Nocera offers an overview.Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. Learn more.Ritholtz’s ReadsBest ETFs for Income (Barron’s)Data is giving rise to a new economy (The Economist)“Billions” is “Wall Street porn”: Why Wall Street can’t stop talking about its favorite show (Washington Post)(Read Barry Ritholtz’s full daily news roundup here.)Bloomberg GadflyVerizon's shopping list just shrankThe busted myth of tax repatriationWhy Warren Buffett's phone stopped ringing(Read more from BV’s sister site for fast business commentary.)Bloomberg L.P. ● 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022Web ● Facebook ● TwitterFeedback ● Unsubscribe

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