Today on TAP: Ford signals a near-term downturn, and a long-term deeper problem.
Working in America
Posted inWorking in America
How Faux-Progressive Starbucks Is Fighting Unionization
Denying raises to its unionized baristas appears to be an effective, if illegal, tactic—at least, until the NLRB clamps down on it.
Posted inWorking in America
Minneapolis Construction Workers Fight Chronic Wage Theft
The Midwest building industry is notorious for cheating paychecks.
Posted inTAP
It’s Supply, Stupid
Today on TAP: More evidence today’s inflation is not the result of excessive demand
Posted inEconomic Policy
Our Bewildering Economy
What are the contradictory trends and policy choices? And does the Inflation Reduction Act live up to its name?
Posted inPolitics
Becoming the Workers’ Party Again
With their new and overdue embrace of industrial policy, the Democrats can now
deliver to working-class voters who’ve understandably felt betrayed.
Posted inTAP
The Kabul Execution: Action Without Actors
Today on TAP: Who needs SEAL Team Six when a drone can do it all? Eventually, who’ll need any manual labor? And what will become of those who work with their hands?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas
Fortune 100 giants Tyson Foods and Walmart have heavy influence over two cities within 20 miles of one another, tucked into the northwest corner of the state.
Posted inWorking in America
When Workers’ Rights and Antitrust Come Together
Which they did on Tuesday, when the NLRB and the Justice Department announced a joint effort to go after monopsonistic violators of workers’ rights
Posted inPolitics
Rep. Haley Stevens Isn’t Paying Her Campaign Interns
Despite her campaign raising millions, one intern got a single Starbucks card.
