Today on TAP: Why does the National Security Council keep trying to wrest control of trade policy to help Big Tech?
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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How Republicans Screw Workers
Efforts by Obama and Biden to enforce labor laws have been systematically undermined by right-wing courts and legislators. This should be a prime election theme.
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Georgia’s Latest Attack on the Right to Vote
Today on TAP: The Republican legislature has a clumsy new effort to disqualify registered voters.
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Bridge to the Bottom: Global Deregulation of Shipping
Today on TAP: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is directly tied to the use of globalization to undermine national standards of safety and quality.
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The Corrupt Trifecta of Yass, Trump, and Netanyahu
Today on TAP: Yass’s payoffs to Trump are part of his efforts to destroy democracy in the U.S. and Israel, while helping China.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Connection Between Jobs and Housing
The good news/bad news story in the Economic Report of the President
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Republican Disarray
Today on TAP: How fractured are the Republicans in Congress? Let us count the ways.
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The Promise of Biden’s Second Term
Today on TAP: And the exemplary effects of his green jobs creation programs in his first term
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Crypto’s New Pal, Gary Gensler
Today on TAP: Why did the usually public-minded SEC chair breathe new life into Bitcoins?
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Welfare State Fails the Poor
A bureaucratic paper chase undermines compassion and practical help for the needy, while Wall Street gets whatever it wants. It doesn’t have to be that way.
