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Joe Biden
Posted inBooks
Kamala Could Have Won
She was poised to claim the presidency, but Joe Biden and a disastrous campaign defeated her.
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies
President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity’s Do-or-Die Moment
Regulators have been cracking down on consolidation just as dealmaking dries up and investors head for the exits. Can the lords of finance find a way out?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Permanent Tariff Damage
Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had
A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
Posted inPolitics
The Abundance Option
Fifteen years ago, I wrote that Democrats couldn’t build things anymore, and that Dems needed to better balance regulation with production.
Posted inWorking in America
Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers
The Trump administration has cut programs that help prevent forced labor and child labor. This will suppress wages everywhere, including the U.S.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade Policy We Need
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.
Posted inPolitics
For a Left Nationalism
Trump’s ‘America First’ nightmare isn’t the only way to think about U.S. identity.