House Democrats steered an ambitious transportation and infrastructure plan through the chamber. Structured more like a wish list, it’s dead on arrival in the Senate.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inEconomic Policy
Mortgage Market Déjà Vu
Efforts to privatize mortgage finance will lead to future financial crises.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Is a Housing Crash Coming to Florida?
There are signs that another foreclosure crisis may be looming in this swing state.
Posted inCoronavirus
Landlords Illegally Evicting Tenants, Despite Federal Restrictions
The CARES Act is supposed to freeze evictions for tens of millions of renters. But nobody’s enforcing the law.
Posted inCoronavirus
Driving a Bus: A Very Dangerous Job in a Time of Pandemic
Drivers’ and mechanics’ unions have demanded more protective equipment. Some transit agencies have responded by laying them off.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump Has a Bridge to Sell You
His proposed public-infrastructure plan is, of course, a fraud. Democrats beware.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Next Corona Relief Package: What Needs to Be in It
Massive public-works outlays are needed—to get the economy out of the Corona Depression, reclaim domestic manufacturing, and meet long-delayed investment in modern and green infrastructure.
Posted inCoronavirus
Kushner Squeezes Tenants While Lining Up for Bailout Money
Despite eviction bans in New York, the real-estate firm owned by the president’s son-in-law is telling tenants to pay up.
Posted inEconomic Policy
It’s Time to Nationalize the Airlines
America’s most consumer-abusing and environment-degrading industry wants us to bail it out. Instead, we should take it over.