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.

He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90.

Money, Politics, and Power

Spotify Is Doing to Podcasting What Facebook and Google Did to Blogs

by David Dayen May 29, 2020

By acquiring the most popular shows, Spotify wants to dominate the industry, and make it impossible for newer voices to emerge.

Coronavirus

Unsanitized: Pennsylvania GOP Scandal Reinforces How Little We Know About the Pandemic

by David Dayen May 28, 2020

Plus, Boeing lays off some workers, and a dirty deal between Andrew Cuomo and the nursing home industry. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 28, 2020.

Coronavirus

Unsanitized: A Bailout for Elites, Crumbs for Everyone Else

by David Dayen May 27, 2020

Plus, the meatpacker plot thickens. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 27, 2020.

Coronavirus

How the Fed Bailed Out the Investor Class Without Spending a Cent

by David Dayen May 27, 2020

Just announcing $4.5 trillion in future spending to support securities markets was enough to keep owners of capital protected from the downsides of the coronavirus.