Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits.
Supply Chain
Posted inPolitics
Congress Tries to Compete
A domestic manufacturing bill that represents one of the Democrats’ biggest legislative efforts of the year is released.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Global Risk From China’s Desire for a Blue Sky
China wants Beijing to look good for the Olympics. Global manufacturing output will suffer as a result.
Posted inTAP
Reading the Inflation Numbers Wrong
Today on TAP: Will the media and the Fed stampede the economy into 1970s-style stagflation?
Posted inWorking in America
The NLRB Looks at the ‘Independent Contractor’ Scam
It’s inviting arguments and looking at cases that could enable it to turn such misclassified ‘contractors’ into what they actually are: employees.
Posted inWorking in America
‘Trucking Action Plan’ Missing in Action
The White House effort on trucking is too focused on finding more drivers and not focused enough on making trucking jobs better.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Flying Blind
The fatal fragmentation of private information in the global supply chain system
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Inflation-Fighting Bill You Don’t Know About
An overwhelmingly bipartisan effort would finally crack down on the ocean shipping cartel.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Lina Khan Cashes In Her Chips
Her first big antitrust enforcement action seeks to block two semiconductor firms from merging.
Posted inPolitics
How the New York Times Enables Right-Wing Spin
Its op-ed editors are played for fools by the right’s propagandists.
