Candidates should focus more attention on issues that matter, like the president’s failure to address infrastructure crisis. That means sidestepping vapid questions about the candidates’ unusual friendships.
Agenda 2020
Posted inPolitics
Joe Biden’s Mysterious Claim That He Whipped Votes for the CFPB
Biden told Elizabeth Warren that he ‘got votes’ for her consumer agency creation. No one can remember the specifics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs, the Oligarchs Are
Automation is an unknown factor in the economy. Concentration is known.
Posted inPolitics
Debate Wrap-Up: The Candidates for Less Attack the Candidates for More
But here’s why Buttigieg and Klobuchar can’t win. Also: Andrew Yang, the trucker’s pal.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The 2020 Foreign-Policy Primary
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden are staking out different territory.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bernie Goes Socialist
Or, at least, follows in the footsteps of Sweden’s social democrats
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Do Wall Street Democrats Prefer Trump to Warren?
As Elizabeth Warren vectors in on the Democratic nomination, corporate Democrats are in full panic mode, revealing their true colors.
Posted inTAP
Americans and Socialism: Some New Numbers
Today on TAP: Polling the socialism vs. capitalism divide
Posted inDay One Agenda
How the Next President Can Transform the Economy
A president will appoint Federal Reserve governors, who have broad power to promote a stronger labor market.
Posted inWorking in America
SEIU Members Outshine Journalists in Questioning Candidates
At a labor forum in Los Angeles, real issues faced by workers took center stage over political noise.
