The GENIUS Act is the first pro-crypto bill Republicans want to rush through this Congress. Thanks to industry money, several Democrats are ignoring the bill’s major problems.
Economic Policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trump Depression
Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression.
Posted inEconomic Policy
CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn’t Mean Stop Work!
The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA.
Posted inPolitics
Is Industrial Policy a Political Winner?
A new study shows that Biden’s signature initiatives helped Kamala Harris—well, microscopically.
Posted inWorking in America
Fighting Wage Theft From the Ground Up
Localities and worker centers are joining forces to drive back employers who siphon off their employees’ hard-earned dollars.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Plot to Destroy the CFPB
Declarations in a court case involving the union of the consumer protection agency detail a desire to whittle it down to ‘five men in a room.’
Posted inEconomic Policy
Amnesty Day at CFPB
The agency dropped five cases of alleged financial predation while the nominee to run the agency was in a Senate confirmation hearing.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Governors Nervous About Tariff Endgame
As state leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Washington, few understood the real reasons for ramping up a North American trade war.
Posted inTAP
A Sloppy Valentine for Big Tech
Today on TAP: A new White House effort to block domestic and foreign rules on data security is at odds with the U.S. government’s long-standing efforts to shield data from China.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Brand Has Tanked. Trump Is Doing the Same to the Republican Party.
In the battle of brands, neither party is doing very well.
