Today on TAP: Don’t look for a grand strategy in Trump’s tariff policy—it’s mainly about impulsivity and bravado.
Economic Policy
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Consumer Protection Undone
On our live show, David, Maureen Tkacik, and James Baratta discuss the transforming of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into an agency in name only.
Posted inTAP
Hijacking the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump may succeed in isolating Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and taking over the Fed himself, but the result would crash the economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hardly Workin’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on life support, and consumer scam complaints are surging as a result. The Trump administration wants to pull the plug.
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Trump Will Double the Price of Coffee to Help a Fellow Fascist Coup-ster
Today on TAP: He proposed a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian imports unless they stop trying to hold Bolsonaro accountable for his attempted coup.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Anti-Bureaucracy Measure Runs Into Bureaucracy
Judges and administrative procedures make it hard to make it easy to cancel subscriptions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Right-Wing State Tax ‘Revolution’ Rolls On
Several red states, pressed on by Koch-funded conservative groups, are moving to enact flat taxes or eliminate income taxes altogether.
Posted inEconomic Policy
MAGA’s Gift to China
Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. But they are helping someone else.
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Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani
Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.
Posted inWorking in America
States Take the Lead on Banning Noncompete Agreements
The FTC will probably stop defending its proposed worker protection on July 10. But action in both red and blue states is heating up.
