Today on TAP: Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.
Economic Policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Tariff Fantasy
His projection of a U.S. manufacturing boom behind tariff walls leaves out retaliation by other countries and a trade war.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Tariff Charade
Today is billed as ‘Liberation Day,’ as Trump plans to unveil his master tariff program at 4 p.m. The details are still obscure, even to Trump.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Germany Finally Gets Over Austerity
Nothing like a military crisis to break the fetish for balanced budgets.
Posted inHousing
The Last Abundance Agenda
In the 1980s, Wall Street vowed to make housing more affordable through deregulation of housing finance. The result was the 2008 crisis.
Posted inPolitics
Can the Democrats Reclaim Economic Populism?
That challenge is key to winning back voters who deserted the Harris-Walz ticket in 2024. Some rank-and-file members are calling for something new.
Posted inWorking in America
Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers
The Trump administration has cut programs that help prevent forced labor and child labor. This will suppress wages everywhere, including the U.S.
Posted inTAP
Cracks in the Wall
Today on TAP: Opposition to Trump is growing. That will embolden more opposition.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade Policy We Need
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.
