Or, for that matter, the American people
Economic Policy
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Power and Progressivism
Today on TAP: Ezra Klein and David Dayen debate obstacles to progressive gains. (I think Dayen wins, but judge for yourself.)
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TSMC Phoenix Cuts Electrician Pay and Sends In Taiwanese Workers
After 50 union electricians left, TSMC reinstated incentive pay and offered 25 non-union workers dispatched from Taiwan.
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Radical Problems and Liberal Solutions
Joe Biden is doing well given the divided Congress. Unfortunately, the economy’s deep structural problems require far more drastic remedies—and failure has political fallout.
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The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
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Lina Khan Faces an Inquisition
An upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing is an attempt to force her to stand down on fighting corporate power, or face the consequences.
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Ambassador Yellen
Today on TAP: Her trip to China softened rhetoric but changed nothing.
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Biden’s Unheralded War on Poverty
By creating a full-employment economy, Biden enabled millions of low-wage workers to raise their pay.
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A Great Jobs Report and a Vindication of Bidenomics
Today on TAP: Now, the Federal Reserve should just leave well enough alone.