On Donald Trump’s genius at exploiting working-class male displacement and anxiety
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inHousing
Homeowners Want Housing Prices to Go Up
This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.
Posted inTAP
Elon Musk Wants $50 Billion or He’ll Walk
Today on TAP: Unless Tesla shareholders grant him this tidy bonus, he’s threatened to take his marbles elsewhere.
Posted inPolitics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025
Democrats got a lot done in President Biden’s first term. But more is needed.
Posted inTAP
Democracy, Deshmocracy: Mega-Financiers Are Flocking to Trump
Today on TAP: Leading Wall Street and Silicon Valley pooh-bahs believe the tax cuts he’ll give them are a bigger deal than preserving democratic norms.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Five-Year Prison Sentence for a Public Hero
Leniency is needed for a good kind of civil disobedience.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Real Entitlement Crisis: Good Reporting Is in Short Supply
The preferred journals of the power elite peddle the myth of pending Social Security catastrophe, which is catastrophically wrong.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z
It comes in two flavors, economic and psychological.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Covering the Friends of the Court
The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Investing in Distress
Tax lien investing allows hedge funds and private equity firms to exploit mostly poor, elderly Black and Latino homeowners, leveraging the machinery of local tax enforcement.