Billionaire chief of staff Jeffrey Zients epitomizes a campaign that has been less than forceful about the rally of capital to Donald Trump’s side.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Underbelly of the Grocery Store
Nothing you see on the shelves is there by accident.
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The Speech FDR Would Give
As economic royalists ally with Trump, we have already seen an example of a rhetorical counter that tells it like it is.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fantasyland General
Hospital pricing is impenetrable to consumers and regulators alike. The result: increased costs and profits, and wasteful reliance on armies of middlemen.
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Fighting Corporate Pricing Schemes Is Incredibly Good Politics
Today on TAP: A bill in the House attacking junk fees gets broad bipartisan support.
Posted inEconomic Policy
War in the Aisles
Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers and small-business owners alike. Big Data will only entrench those dynamics further.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Everybody’s Raising Prices
This week on our live show, David Dayen and Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative talk pricing.
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A Window on Corporate Deceptions
Today on TAP: The amazing creativity of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Time for the Fed to Meet the FTC
Today on TAP: The real source of too many price hikes is concentrated market power, not macroeconomic overheating.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Three Algorithms in a Room
A growing number of industries are using software to fix prices. Law enforcers are beginning to fight back.
