Today on TAP: Trump has tapped into an undercurrent of crude hatred and encouraged his supporters to express it. Where does all this hate come from?
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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What to Do About Elon Musk?
How did U.S. space and military communications programs become so dependent on one weird Trump ally whose actions border on treason?
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Will Trump Save Us from Trump?
Today on TAP: His Madison Square Garden Nuremberg Rally marks an even more explicit embrace of fascism. How much difference will that make in the campaign’s final week?
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Kamala and the F-Word
Today on TAP: Is the explicit branding of Trump as a fascist the right closing note for the Harris campaign’s final ten days?
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Valley of the Shadow
Why are so many Silicon Valley billionaires supporting Donald Trump?
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Harris and the Enthusiasm Gap
Today on TAP: Can she restore anything like the excitement of the campaign’s early days when Harris replaced Biden as the Democratic candidate? Can she win without it?
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Redeeming the Nobel in Economics
Today on TAP: This year’s prize went to three institutionalist critics of neoliberalism. The award is overdue.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Leveraging the Money Power
Progressive state and city officials are pushing back against the right’s war on ‘woke capitalism.’ They could be doing even more with trillions of dollars in pension funds.
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Do Voters Pay Attention to Economic Issues?
Today on TAP: Yes, if they are framed right. Biden and Harris are winning the battle for fair pricing. That should be a big deal in the campaign.
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How Hurricanes Are a Profit Center for Insurers
To compensate for exaggerated expectations of claims, they jack up rates and hollow out coverage, giving themselves more profit than before.
