A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country.
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Bare Shelves and Rising Prices
What’s the deal with the shortage of baby formula and solar panels? Prospect executive editor David Dayen explains.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Age of Rationing
From pandemic supply chain snarls to baby formula shortages, we forgot that physical production isn’t magic, and we need to engineer it for stability.
Posted inTAP
The Stock Market’s Slow Collapse
Today on TAP: What it means for the real economy and the fortunes of Democrats
Posted inTAP
Biden and the Inflation Trap
Today on TAP: Can the president be even more effective in countering the Republicans’ false narrative?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Economic Stimulus Works
Obama’s undersized stimulus in 2009 doomed America to an economic lost decade.
Posted inTAP
The Fed’s Dilemma
Today on TAP: The half-point rate hike will make little difference in dealing with the causes and cures of rising prices.
Posted inTAP
Weakening China Tariffs Will Not Relieve Inflation
Today on TAP: Some in the administration are again pushing for tariff cuts. Their approach is bad economics and worse politics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Inflation Break the News?
The greatest threat to democracy from media isn’t disinformation, it’s the paywall.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Time to Tax Excessive Corporate Profits
We did during WWII and in the 1980s. It’s the right way to deal with ‘inflation’ that is pure price-gouging.
