Ryan Cooper discusses impressions from a reporting trip to Finland.
Economic Policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Poverty Yo-Yo
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Stealth Attack on the Power to Tax
The Supreme Court could overturn a well-established form of federal taxation.
Posted inTAP
The Wasted Crisis
Today on TAP: What did we learn from the financial collapse of September 2008? Not enough.
Posted inBooks
A Hemmed-In Presidency
In ‘The Last Politician,’ Franklin Foer unfolds Joe Biden’s record of achievement and command. But voters haven’t gotten to see it.
Posted inTAP
U.S. Steel and the Fake Populism of J.D. Vance
Today on TAP: Let’s not confuse the corporate interest with worker interests.
Posted inTAP
It’s Time for Biden to Start Naming Names
Today on TAP: As Republicans run against corporate ‘wokeness,’ he should run against corporate (CEOs’, big-time investors’) greed.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Indirect Play for a Just Transition to EVs
Department of Energy programs condition funding for retooling factories on good-paying union jobs in manufacturing communities.
Posted inTAP
The Economy: Steady as She Goes
Today on TAP: The Fed needs to understand that this economy defies its models. It should begin to cut rates, and get ready for a whole other kind of inflation driven by climate change.
Posted inEconomic Policy
American Steel’s Succession
Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.