Today on TAP: Not good for the Jews, not good for Kamala Harris
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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The Justice Department Challenges Visa’s Predatory Power
Today on TAP: The giant credit card company offers a textbook case in abuse of market power to buy off or crush potential competitors and reap excess profits at consumer expense.
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Economists as Apologists
Too much of the profession operates as the ideological department of predatory capitalism.
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Polling Whiplash
Today on TAP: All polls are prisoners of subjective assumptions. As a great student of public opinion said, ‘Don’t speak too soon, for the wheel’s still in spin.’
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DeWine and Robinson: Two Faces of the Post-Trump GOP
Today on TAP: How many Republican voters appalled by pro-Nazi porn will desert North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson? And how many who respect Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will desert Trump?
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The Fed Finally Lightens Up
Today on TAP: Rates have been cut by a full half-point. It’s about time.
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Trump’s Establishment Enablers
As political scientist Theda Skocpol warns, it’s wishful to imagine that Trumpism will fade away even after Trump goes.
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It’s the Guns, Stupid
Today on TAP: Are we so inured to the premise that nothing can be done about mass ownership of military weapons that gun control has vanished from discourse and debate?
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What Might a President Harris Do on Israel?
Today on TAP: A different course on the Middle East is urgently needed, and harder than you might think.
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Notes for Next Time
Today on TAP: Kamala Harris did well in the debate but missed some opportunities to remind voters of Trump’s sheer craziness.
