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March 12, 2025
How Secretary Of Transportation Sean Duffy Is Crashing Inflation
February’s inflation report looks good at first glance. But dig deeper and you’ll see that Musk making flying dangerous is the cause.
January 10, 2025
Techno-optimism or Corporate PR? We can’t tell.
Catherine Rampell’s penchant for business boosterism is on full display once again, but this time it’s BigPharma that received some free PR.
November 26, 2024 | The American Prospect
The Abundance Agenda: Neoliberalism’s Rebrand
The new centrist push to regain control of the Democratic Party, with corporate money
November 20, 2024
The Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget Welcomes Musk’s Meme Department of Government Efficiency
Welcome to the new Trump administration, where apparently this is what we can expect from the “responsible moderates” like CRFB.
November 19, 2024
The Campaign That Could Have Been
Taking on corporate greed, and assuring people you would keep them from getting ripped off, was exactly what the moment called for. Unfortunately, many of the millionaires and billionaires running the Harris campaign couldn’t see that.
November 15, 2024
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Picket Lines, Battle Lines, Applause Lines
As the Biden Administration Enters Its Twilight, Let’s Face Facts
November 08, 2024
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Hot (Takes) To Go
Some Notes on Centrists Blaming Everyone but Themselves
November 05, 2024 | The Sling
The Federal Reserve Isn’t Responsible for the Soft Landing—Though to Understand Why, We Need More Than Econ 101
Particularly given the stink that neoclassical economists made about evidence for sellers’ inflation, they should be held to a similar standard for their crediting of the Fed for lower inflation and implicitly putting the blame on consumers and workers. The data just don’t fit their model.
November 04, 2024
RDP Suspicion of Crypto-Connected Betting Websites Proves Correct
Who would’ve guessed that an offshore political betting market relying upon cryptocurrency deposits is riddled with issues?
October 25, 2024
Media Executives Are Not Okay
They’ve descended into business model myopia and lost direction as the actual news becomes more and more of an afterthought.
October 15, 2024
A Brief History Of Matt Yglesias Screwing Workers
A breakdown of Matthew Yglesias’ analysis on labor.
October 15, 2024
The Worst Milton Since Friedman
Climate disasters, what to do about them, and why the Fed needs to step up
October 15, 2024
Support for a Corporate Crackdown is the Norm
Despite what billionaires and neoliberal pundits would have you believe, a corporate crackdown is overwhelmingly popular. Capitulating to the rich, corporate interests, and rightists in the name of bipartisan governance is not.
October 07, 2024
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Jason Furman Isn’t Really Sure How Government Works
In classic economist fashion, Jason Furman’s lack of understanding hasn’t stopped him from complaining about Lina Khan… doing her job.
October 03, 2024
Unions In Sweden Don’t Do This, Says Man Who Opposes Efforts To Make US Unions As Strong As Swedish Ones
Institute For Progress Co-Founder Alec Stapp has decided to use Swedish Unions as an example for US labor leaders. So why doesn’t he support pro-union policies?