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David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI
Why panic when you could just use existing laws?
Posted inPolitics
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Posted inPolitics
The New Majority Makers
A group of unapologetic economic populists are defying the conventional wisdom that only moderates can succeed in swing seats.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elon Musk’s Lawyer Seeks Seat in Congress
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Posted inEconomic Policy
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Posted inPodcasts
Organized Money: A Conversation With Abdul El-Sayed
The Michigan Democrat wants money out of politics and back in your pocket. Could he also be the leader of a new populist movement?
Posted inWorking in America
Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power
The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.
Posted inPolitics
What the Jeffries–Blue Dog Spat Is Really About
Two centrist Democrats defected on a key vote, giving Republicans a win. Progressives are concerned any punishment given to the centrists will rebound onto them in the future.
Posted inTechnology
Another Monopoly Allowed to Stand
Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?