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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

JANUARY 16, 2015 bloombergview.com

SWISS FRANC Mark Gilbert: "For three years, the Swiss National Bank successfully sat on its currency, selling the franc whenever it threatened to appreciate too much for the comfort of Swiss exporters. Yesterday, it tore up that policy, inciting the equivalent of a riot in the currency market and trashing retail brokerages from New York to New Zealand." Read more... William Pesek: "Haruhiko Kuroda's monetary 'bazooka' just got outgunned by the Swiss." Read more... PARIS ATTACK Marc Champion: "The National Museum of Immigration History in Paris is a fascinating place to visit at the moment, against the backdrop of fierce debates over whether to clamp down on new arrivals." Read more... ENERGY The Editors: "In President Barack Obama's fight against climate-changing emissions, carbon dioxide has so far been the chief target -- and methane has been given a pass. So the president's promise this week to finally create new rules that would cut methane emissions by almost half over the next 10 years is most welcome." Read more... Mark Whitehouse: "The precipitous drop in oil prices poses a big question for the U.S. economy: Which force will prove more powerful, the potential end of the oil boom in some U.S. states, or the boost to consumers as lower energy prices free up spending money?" Read more... POLITICS Albert R. Hunt: "I'm not sure how Mitt Romney's presidential campaign will fare -- mark me down as skeptical -- but the rationale invoked by some of his allies that the third time is the charm, channeling Ronald Reagan, is a non-starter." Read more... Megan McArdle: "Romney had better study the lessons of his previous failures carefully." Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: "Leave it to the Knicks to somehow mess up tanking." Read more... SPACE Stephen L. Carter: "Sarah Brightman has a cold. ... Brightman, the enormously popular British soprano, is currently in Russia, where she is supposed to begin preparation for her trip this fall to the International Space Station. ... Her cold is news because it has set back the nine-month training schedule." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Google Glass is dead. Long live Google Glass. Read more... Uber was ordered to cease and desist operations in the state of South Carolina. Read more... Yahoo's ad technology division is being reorganized. Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) The ECB's (losing) battle against deflation: Read more... Gold shines as traders seek safety from SNB's shock move: Read more... No. Sorry. You're not a "constitutional conservative": Read more... Matt Levine (Read the news roundup) Franc fallout: Read more... Speaking of volatility: Read more... Goldman had earnings: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Larry Bartels at the Monkey Cage on economic populism and "conservative principles": Read more... Emily Cohn at the Huffington Post with the latest evidence the Affordable Care Act is working as intended: Read more... Kevin Kosar at the Hill explains why counting laws passed can be a terrible measure of productivity for a Congress: Read more...