Today on TAP: The UAW is asking the Big Three automakers to raise wages by the same percentage that their CEOs’ pay has risen.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inEconomic Policy
Guaranteed Income Gets a New Life
A surge of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan has helped cities develop pilot guaranteed income programs. Will they last?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Discount Health
Dollar General is part of a trend of major retailers trying to move into medical care. Cut-rate treatment is the last thing needed in the vulnerable populations dollar stores serve.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jay Powell’s Federal Reserve: Protection for Bankers, Pain for Everyone Else
Continuing interest rate hikes as the Black unemployment rate starts to tick up reveal a misunderstanding of monetary policy history.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ford Says Electric Cars Just Aren’t Affordable
What it doesn’t say is that the potential buying public is badly underpaid.
Posted inEducation in America
The Nightmare of American Public School Teaching
Moral injury is driving teachers out of the profession. Here’s how to help them stay.
Posted inBooks
The Real Problem With Asset Managers
Rich people collect the vast majority of capital income. There’s a better way.
Posted inEducation in America
Student Debtors’ Faith in President Biden Is Tested
Borrowers react to the Supreme Court striking down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Predators Making Big Profits From Poverty
The shady tax refund industry skims onerous junk fees from low-income returns and shares personal taxpayer data in the process.
Posted inTAP
The Self-Serving Derangement of the Rich
Today on TAP: Why Elon Musk can’t handle the truth