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September 04, 2025

As They Gather in D.C., Abundance Liberals’ Choice of Friends Speaks Volumes

April 14, 2025

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Abundance Climate and Environment Economic Media Economic Policy Housing

Efficiency and Abundance

February 11, 2025

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Ethics in Government Executive Branch Revolving Door

Kyrsten Sinema Is The Latest Addition To Crypto’s Sellout Dream Team. Who Will Be Next?

Outgoing Biden officials, members of Congress, and political staffers are all up for grabs by industries looking for their own roster of influence peddlers.

February 04, 2025

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Executive Branch IRS Taxes Trump 2.0

How Screwed is the IRS?

Things don’t look good

January 10, 2025

Julian Scoffield

Hackwatch Catherine Rampell Economic Media

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 22, 2024

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Cryptocurrency Fintech Kovacevich Revolving Door Tech

Silicon Valley’s Not-So Subtle Influence Peddler Wants Attention

Adam Kovacevich has spent his career pushing for more big tech influence. His latest bid? Pretend to be a reasonable progressive voice

November 15, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch 2024 Election/Transition Congressional Oversight Economic Media Economic Policy Executive Branch Independent Agencies

Picket Lines, Battle Lines, Applause Lines

As the Biden Administration Enters Its Twilight, Let’s Face Facts

November 08, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch 2024 Election Anti-Monopoly Corporate Crackdown Cryptocurrency Economic Media Economic Policy Revolving Door Tech

Hot (Takes) To Go

Some Notes on Centrists Blaming Everyone but Themselves

November 01, 2024

Henry Burke

Hackwatch 2024 Election Ethics in Government Executive Branch Revolving Door

Being Ethical Can Pay Off

Why it’s smart for power-hungry politicians to embrace common sense ethics reforms

October 25, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Economic Media Media Accountability

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 07, 2024

Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Congressional Oversight Economic Media Independent Agencies Jason Furman Media Accountability

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.

September 27, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis Henry Burke

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Catherine Rampell Cryptocurrency Economic Media Economic Policy Government Capacity Housing Matt Yglesias Taxes

Two Cheers for Antitrust

Reid Hoffman hates Lina Khan, but the polling firm he funds keeps demonstrating the popularity of her crackdown on corporate monopoly power.

September 23, 2024

Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Catherine Rampell Climate and Environment Economic Media Hack Watch Jamie Dimon Labor Larry Summers Matt Yglesias

You’d be forgiven for missing some terrible neoliberal commentary with all that going on. That’s why we’ve been monitoring the ponderous pundits, neoliberal know-nothings, and kooks of the commentariat for you! Here’s what you might’ve missed last week from our Hack friends

September 13, 2024

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Economic Media Hack Watch

You Don’t Need To Defend Betting Markets To Defend Polling

A feud between an actress and a prominent election forecaster has somehow resulted in people defending the unshakable political insights of gambling addicts and political junkies because it involves a market.