Stocks drive higher, brushing aside worries about U.S. stability
Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in New York. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Published January 15. 2021 10:56AM
David J. Lynch, The Washington Post
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Stock prices have soared for months in defiance of an ailing, pandemic-wrecked economy. Now they seem impervious to something even more disturbing: the erosion of American democracy.
Last week's shocking events, when an American president incited a mob to confront lawmakers preparing to certify his electoral defeat, raised alarms about the health of U.S. governing institutions.