A surge of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan has helped cities develop pilot guaranteed income programs. Will they last?
Economic Policy
Posted inWorking in America
Biden Admin to Restore Labor Rule Gutted in 1980s
The Department of Labor plans to reverse the neoliberal-era gutting of a law that stopped contractors from bidding down wages in federal procurement.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Buybacks Are Down, Production Is Up
Bidenomics has begun to de-financialize the economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform
The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Apollo Stands to Win From Yellow’s Collapse
The trucking company’s demise reads like a history of modern capitalism.
Posted inTAP
Bidenomics Refutes the Canard That Government Is Slow
Today on TAP: America’s industrial renaissance is happening faster than almost anyone anticipated.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Banks: The Weak Spot in a Strong Recovery
The larger problem is feeble and captured regulation, resulting in multiple intra–executive branch fights.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jay Powell’s Federal Reserve: Protection for Bankers, Pain for Everyone Else
Continuing interest rate hikes as the Black unemployment rate starts to tick up reveal a misunderstanding of monetary policy history.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ford Says Electric Cars Just Aren’t Affordable
What it doesn’t say is that the potential buying public is badly underpaid.