Before every financial crisis, there is a concerted effort to argue that this time is different.
Timi Iwayemi
Timi Iwayemi is a research director at the Revolving Door Project.
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In Trump’s D.C., the Swamp Runneth Over
This is by far the most corrupt administration in American history.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Appointees Are Hijacking the Patent System
Cronyism is threatening American innovation.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Can’t Count on Trump’s SEC to Tell Us If He Is Manipulating the Market
The Musk-damaged agency is unlikely to investigate whether Trump and his allies are profiting from advance knowledge about tariff changes or meme coin shenanigans.
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The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient
Elon Musk evinces no understanding of how government works.
Posted inPolitics
On Debate Night, Highlight How These Presidents Ran the Executive Branch
Trump’s presidency was unprecedented in its corruption at virtually all levels of executive branch agencies.
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Senators’ Latest Attempt to Enrich Big Pharma Must Not Prevail
Patents are meant to encourage actual innovation, not monster corporate profits.
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Corporate Self-Oversight
Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest. But federal monitoring is making a comeback under new leadership.
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The Revolving Door Threatens the Integrity of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The Trump-era Patent Office director has expanded his post-government influence-peddling.
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The CFTC Ponders Gambling on Democracy’s Future
Gambling site Kalshi is spending big on a lobbying campaign to allow people to bet on the end of the American republic.