The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.
Economic Policy
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Canada Stands Up to Trump’s Illegal Tariffs
After the U.S. increased demands over the weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rightly concluded that deals with this president are a fool’s errand.
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The Best Protection Against Financial Crises Is Being Destroyed
When Wall Street blew up the economy, they were forced to cut back on risky borrowing. Now those restraints are being ripped away.
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Why Scott Bessent Can’t Fix the Bond Market
Every Trump lackey must indulge his whims, no matter how stupid.
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FTC Says It Will Enforce Surveillance Pricing. It Won’t.
Its policy statement merely targets disclosure. It doesn’t say that using personal data to set prices is an unfair or deceptive practice.
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The Democrats’ On-Again, Off-Again Class Politics
After World War II, Dems lost touch with their New Deal roots. Now they’re coming back home.
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How the Cost of Money Spikes Inflation
Government borrowing costs are going through the roof—and so are yours and mine.
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Hong Campaign Postmortem: It Wasn’t the Socialism, It Was the Woke
The right’s attacks actually don’t focus on socialism’s defining economics.
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An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
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The California Left and the Wealth Tax
The absence of left unity for the ballot measure short-circuits any progressive agenda.