Today on TAP: Brown ran the student loan program under Betsy DeVos
CARES Act
Posted inCoronavirus
Best of 2020: David Dayen
Our executive editor with his favorite stories of the year
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Social Distancing
The wealthy have pulled out of the orbit of the rest of the country. Can they be leashed back?
Posted inPolitics
Leading From the Left
What Joe Biden can learn from Elizabeth Warren and Bharat Ramamurti
Posted inPolitics
Donna Shalala Encapsulated Pelosi’s Embrace of Passivity as a Strategy
The Florida congresswoman who lost her re-election battle did nothing to oversee or challenge the Trump administration.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Do You Spell Fiscal Relief?
Now that Mitch McConnell has blocked corona aid, it’s time for the Fed to step into the breach—and for its one Democratic governor, Lael Brainard, to lead the charge.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Academic Medical Centers Made Out on Coronavirus Bailouts
It’s time to re-examine the tax-exempt status of these profit-making ‘nonprofits.’
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Fed’s Policy Choices and Our Maldistributed Recovery
And a moment of Zen for misuse of research. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 18, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Aid That Congress Approved in March Is Bottled Up by Steve Mnuchin
The terms imposed by Trump’s Treasury secretary keep hundreds of billions from reaching Main Street businesses and state and local governments.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Student Loan Giant Navient Reaps Backdoor Federal Reserve Subsidy
Securities based on the student loans Navient owns are eligible for purchase through a Fed rescue program. Already $218 million has been scooped up.
