Today on TAP: On the eve of the Harris-Trump face-off, some further signs that Democratic economics delivered
Economic Policy
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Harris’s Gains Stall. Can Tonight’s Debate Change That?
Maybe, but we are still in for a close slog.
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Kamala’s Capital Capitulation
Today on TAP: The money is not that huge, but the optics are terrible.
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Populist Candidates in Deep-Red States
A labor-forward, no-nonsense style of Democratic campaigning is emerging in the Plains and Midwest. It’s unclear if it’ll actually work.
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Laying Out Their Economics Before Tomorrow’s Debate
Both Trump and Harris unveiled a mix of new economic policies last week. Only some were appalling.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Late Summer in Flip-Flops
David Dayen and Robert Kuttner discuss Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
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More Evidence for a Big Fed Rate Cut
Today on TAP: Even Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan were less perversely hawkish than current Fed chair Jay Powell, as Barney Frank reminds us.
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Small Businesses Aren’t Asking for Tax Cuts
If you read their surveys, they say they need access to credit. Nevertheless, Kamala Harris wants to give small businesses a deduction.
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The Push for Public Banking in New York
Rochester wants to establish the first public bank in the United States in over a century.
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How Much Money Do You Need?
Today on TAP: The counterweight to insanely greedy capital has to be mobilized labor.