The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
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 Path to Soft Fascism
Today on TAP: France could be the next country to elect a far-right president.
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The Republican Attack on Tenure
Today on TAP: The defenders of tenure as protecting academic freedom would have more credibility if they had resisted the plague of adjunct appointees, who have neither job security nor decent pay.
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Democracy Under Siege
It’s alive and well in Central Europe—but alas, in few other places.
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Memo to Jay Powell: Quit While You Are Ahead
Today on TAP: The May inflation report was sublime. Time to start cutting interest rates.
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Can British Labour Return to Government?
Under leader Keir Starmer, Labour is favored to win the next British general election, unless the party again snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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A Visit to Hallowed Ground
Today on TAP: Despite efforts by British Conservative governments to strangle it, the National Health Service remains a jewel of fair and efficient socialized medicine.
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Casablanca for Real
The Netflix series ‘Transatlantic,’ on the 1940-1941 rescue of refugees from Marseille, is well worth watching, and contrasting with the shameful neglect of refugees in 2023.
