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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Corporate Merger Aims to Build a Water Privatization Giant
Veolia and Suez plan a $15.4 billion deal that would create the largest private water firm in the world.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Devil in the Tax Details
Biden’s international tax reform plan is progressive. Sen. Ron Wyden’s variation is far more pro-corporate.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Alex Sammon Speaks About Amazon’s Global Dominance on The Young Turks
Staff Writer Alex Sammon speaks to Ryan Grim, elaborating on his review of Alec MacGillis’s book about Amazon.
Posted inTAP
Biden, Wyden, and Yellen: Bring Investment Home!
Today on TAP: A new bill proposes higher tax rates for offshore income
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Really Get Canceled on the Job
Pre-hiring personality screening and ongoing employer monitoring explicitly weed out workers likely to agitate for a union.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Big Tech of Health Care
The merger between a subsidiary of UnitedHealth and Change Healthcare would create a vertically integrated, all-seeing giant.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Sackler Family’s Bankruptcy Scheme
Even though they have billions to spare, the Sacklers want a bankruptcy judge to let them off the hook for personal liability in the OxyContin scandal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Lobbyists Take Down Arizona’s App Store Bill
HB 2005 would have ended high app store fees for developers. It got stuck in a state Senate committee.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Thinker, Tanker, Scholar, Consultant
Every former policymaker in Washington is an academic, a researcher, and an adviser to big business.
