Today on TAP: Higher interest rates raise housing costs to consumers in multiple ways—the opposite of the Fed’s anti-inflation goals.
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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Hospital Billing Is a Crime Against American Patients
A visit to a hospital in Europe is an eye-opener to the many ways monopolized U.S. hospitals pad their profits with unnecessary costs.
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The Democrats’ Generational Change
The 80-year-olds are retiring—with one notable exception.
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The Fed’s Thanksgiving Turkey
Today on TAP: Misleading reports on the rising cost of dinner are feeding the Fed’s appetite for more perverse rate hikes.
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Bankman and the Bastardization of Bankruptcy
Today on TAP: He gets to cheat his customers, write off debts, and then keep control of his company? (Yup, that’s how bankruptcy often works for big dogs.)
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The Rural Turnaround
Democrats have only begun to do better in rural America—but the road map is there.
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Sam Bankman-Fried: A Common Crook
Today on TAP: With luck, his fall will take the whole crypto sector with him.
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Did We Just Save Democracy?
The 2022 midterms were stunning as much for what didn’t happen as for what did.
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The House Democratic Leadership Race
Do Democrats really want their next leader to be compromised and corporate?
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Lessons of the Midterms
Democrats are belatedly addressing the concerns of working families. Will it come too late?
