Today on TAP: Tight money spreads from Washington to Frankfurt to the Global South, needlessly increasing hardship.
European Union
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Europe’s Energy Crisis
Is there a solution anytime soon? And what are the spillover effects on the U.S. and the global economy?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Liz Truss Gets Her History Wrong
Britain’s new prime minister is no Margaret Thatcher. But can Labour do better?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Hank Hill Solution to Climate Change
What do we put in the future billions of air conditioners and heat pumps?
Posted inAmerica and the World
In Europe, Some Refugees Are More Equal Than Others
Since the war in Ukraine began, many European countries have welcomed Ukrainian refugees by the millions—but equally desperate Afghans, not so much.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google Tries to Bargain Its Way out of Antitrust Trouble
But its proposal to take its adtech business into a separate business line is a weak substitute for real reform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech’s Back Door to Digital Trade Rules
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is a cat’s-paw for tech monopolies.
Posted inCoronavirus
Saving Lives Globally vs. Defending Pharma Profits
The U.S. position at a key WTO meeting on intellectual-property waivers for COVID vaccines will reveal which side Joe Biden is on.
Posted inTAP
Whose Bright Idea Was It to Extend NATO Membership to Ukraine?
Today on TAP: That master of foreign and military policy, George W. Bush
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Hungary’s Orban Turned the Ukraine War to His Own Advantage
And set an example for other right-wing leaders