Beth Baltzan, a non-Senate-confirmed staffer to the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has been targeted by Big Tech firms as a way to sully Tai’s decisions about digital trade.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
Q&A: Election 2024 Fake-Out
The FCC bans AI-generated robocalls, but deepfakes and other tactics could still disrupt the voting season.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Biden Get Chip Markets Right?
A new paper outlines how to avoid worsening market concentration in semiconductors with billions in subsidies for U.S. onshoring.
Posted inTAP
The Stock Market Loves Monopoly Concentration
Today on TAP: That’s another case for the revival of antitrust.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Food Businesses Step Up to Curb Food Waste
Restaurants, bakeries, and other food purveyors move to cut down on throwing out perfectly good eats.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Project Censored Top 10 Stories: Corporate Abuse and Environmental Harm Dominate
The pattern signals a deeper truth: our economics and the survival of our species are deeply at odds.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Best of 2023: Luke Goldstein
Our writing fellow offers his favorite stories of the year.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bank Bailouts, Building Power, and Health Care Privatization
A look back at the Best of 2023 for our executive editor
Posted inTAP
Jury Finds That Google Is a Monopolist
Today on TAP: Disgruntled ex-FTC employees dishing to mainstream media aside, the public understands the rampant use of Big Tech monopoly power.
Posted inWorking in America
A Gaming Company’s Workers Unionized. But the Union Busting Didn’t End There.
TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
