One positive effect is that midsized powers are less under the sway of Washington. But they could come under the sway of China.
Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Notes for Next Time: Surviving Tyranny, Redeeming America. Follow Bob at his site, robertkuttner.com, and on Twitter.
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Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat
Rahm Emanuel is back, running for president as a corporate Democrat. His timing is terrible.
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An Epic Collapse for Britain’s Labour Party
Britain’s centrist Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer crashes while Spain’s Socialist Pedro Sánchez shows how to lead from the left. Could there be a lesson here?
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We Need a Pulitzer for Substacks
These individual newsletters are a whole new genre. At their best, they have breathed new life into journalism and public discourse.
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A Billion in Taxpayer Money for Trump’s Ballroom
In his vanity, Trump seems determined to alienate Republicans in Congress from most voters.
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The Mifepristone Ruling Revives Pro-Choice Politics
A federal court’s ban on the mailing of abortion medication once again demonstrates the unpopularity of anti-abortion zealotry.
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Turning Civil Rights Inside Out
The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.
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The Real Reason to Worry About the Midterm Elections
Some worry about a November Trump coup. That’s far-fetched, but the ordinary forms of voter suppression are the greater concern.
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Spirit Socialism: Trump’s vs. Ours
The proposed bailout of Spirit Airlines is Trump’s worst deal yet. But in clean hands, socialized ownership sometimes makes sense.
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Time to Stop Lionizing Powell
The Fed chair has been an enabler of the economy’s hyper-financialization and speculative excess. Resistance to Trump is too low a bar.