A new paper shows that rent-seeking by firms with dominant market positions has exploded since the 1980s.
Economic Policy
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Public Banks Play in Tax Equity Markets?
What’s the difference between building clean energy and paying for it to be built? With billions in tax breaks at stake, the distinction is becoming more important to parse.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pandemic Fraud Is Really, Truly Not a Big Deal
The media’s focus on waste misses key context, and ignores the stunning success of the lockdown-era welfare state.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Coming Storm of Fiscal Policy
How Democrats created a worse debt ceiling situation in 2025
Posted inEconomic Policy
The SEC Comes for Big Crypto
The agency has sued both Binance and Coinbase for violating securities law.
Posted inBooks
Is Capitalism Really Cracking Up Nation-States?
Quinn Slobodian’s new book shimmers with libertarian dreams but fails to demonstrate that zones are splintering national governments.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Looming Child Care Cliff
In 2021, Congress issued grants to stabilize the child care system. Now the money is about to run out.
Posted inTAP
Democrats’ Resounding Vote for Debt Ceiling Concessions Won’t Age Well
Today on TAP: Rep. Pramila Jayapal explains why the Fiscal Responsibility Act puts Democrats in a difficult position.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Predatory Lending’s Prey of Color
Black and Latino borrowers are more likely to get trapped in cycles of debt, because they have few other options for dealing with structural poverty.