Fights over data centers and music venues show that resisting corporate power will have to go local in the age of Trump.
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How Fast Fashion Keeps People Poor
Companies like Shein are using influencers to get Zoomers hooked on truckloads of shoddy clothing.
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Judge the Actually Existing Trump Economy, Not the Theory
Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.
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Injecting Crypto Into the Mortgage Market
Trump’s top housing regulator wants to allow crypto to be used as collateral for mortgages.
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Trump Attempts to Take Over Fed
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.
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Private Equity Ripped the Heart Out of Skateboarding
Multiple buyouts and bankruptcies have ruined iconic brands and hollowed out skateboarding culture. It’s our financialized economy in miniature.
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What the Economy Really Looks Like
When you factor in all the data points, we have an anxious workforce, a business sector seeking opportunity in inflation, and an avalanche of bad policy bearing down on everyone.
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Nevada’s Trump Slump Bleeds Beyond the Strip
With tourism sagging, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo aims to elevate manufacturing, logistics, and tech. But Trump’s policies are hurting those industries, too.
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When L’État C’est Trump, the U.S. Goes in for State Capitalism
It’s Trump, not Mamdani, who’s having government take over businesses.
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Tariffs as War
Under Donald Trump, all policies have to be coercive. Hence, this week, his tariffs on the Swiss.