President Biden joined striking workers on the picket line. Former ‘car czar’ Steve Rattner is furious.
Max Moran
Max Moran is a senior fellow at the Revolving Door Project.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pandemic Fraud Is Really, Truly Not a Big Deal
The media’s focus on waste misses key context, and ignores the stunning success of the lockdown-era welfare state.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Fed, the Supreme Court, and Their Legitimacy
The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…
Posted inLaw and Justice
If the Law Is Legitimate, Clarence Thomas Must Stand Trial
The Supreme Court justice repeatedly broke the law for two decades. But do the laws even apply to the leaders on our judicial branch?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bankers Being Greedy Morons Poses Climate and Financial Risk
When banks are too big to fail, their capacity for stupid behavior is greatly increased.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rumored Fed Nominee Thinks Tim Geithner Did Right by Homeowners
President Biden may nominate Janice Eberly, former deputy to the mastermind of America’s foreclosure crisis.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Critical Tests for the Biden Administration’s New Team
If the new chief of staff and National Economic Council Director want to prove that they aren’t diverting the administration back to a neoliberal footing, here are a few options.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Whatever Happened to ‘Helping the Sh*t’ out of People?
The Biden administration might not have learned enough from the bad old days of the early 2010s.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Myth of Jeffrey Zients
There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Ashish Jha and the Moral Horror of Too Little Progress
The new position of White House pandemic preparedness director requires boldness on intellectual property.