Jay Powell refuses to bend on interest rates, but he’s as bad as Trump when it comes to promoting crypto and weakening other financial regulation.
Economic Policy
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country
Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.
Posted inTAP
Trump Has Found a Way to Exacerbate the Housing Shortage
Today on TAP: With housing starts at a five-year low, his ICE agents deport hundreds of construction workers every day.
Posted inPolitics
The Real Democratic Civil War
It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Scheme to Scramble Your Nest Egg
Private equity and crypto in 401(k)s will not solve the retirement crisis.
Posted inPolitics
Mamdani’s Economic Populism Closes Gap With Big-Money Rival Cuomo
Progressive candidates and researchers say his approach can win the U.S. back from Trumpism.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Have a Solution for Their Deficit Problem: Flagrant Lies
Rejecting reality, they substitute their own.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street’s Corruption of the Democrats Is Broader Than Crypto
‘Abundance’ needs to include constraints on predatory capitalism.
Posted inTAP
Polling Conundrums: Activist Government, Sí; Democrats, No!
Today on TAP: Polls show support for liberal economic policies, as well as more support for Republicans than Democrats on matters economic.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Usury in the Water
There’s never been a better time to be a loan shark for small businesses.