The Trump administration is removing every financial guardrail from crypto, in order to enrich the first family and its tech and finance allies while destabilizing the economy.
Economic Policy
Posted inWorking in America
No Tax on Tips: A Flashy Idea That Benefits Few
Restaurant workers and advocates say the proposal won’t be enough to offset Medicaid cuts.
Posted inBooks
Pyramid Schemes Are Eating American Capitalism
Multilevel marketing companies helped produce President Trump, and he is ruining everything.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Blockchain Association Just Bought the CFTC
The revolving door isn’t just corrupting the CFTC—it may end the pretense of a Commission altogether.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Sun Sets on West Virginia’s Green-Energy Future
President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act was finally bringing jobs and industry back to the state. But not for long.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump and the Tech Oligarchy
Trump seems to be destroying America’s innovation system, but he is really skewing it in favor of tech monopolies.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Broken China
Trump’s China policy is a chaotic mess that harms the U.S. far more than it harms the Chinese.
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies
President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s China Charade
Today on TAP: It’s the usual script—create a crisis, then back off and claim victory.
Posted inTAP
The Democrats’ Great Debates
Today on TAP: How to contain Trump and defend democracy? What to stand for affirmatively as an opposition party?
