The government has a variety of strategies to protect the public from price-gouging and information advantages over the consumer.
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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
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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Plaintiff Trying to Reverse Noncompete Ban Is Trump’s Tax Adviser
G. Brint Ryan has advised Trump on tax policy. His company is dedicated to ‘liberating our clients from the burden of being overtaxed.’
Posted inPodcasts
The Republican Impeachment Flop
They wanted to impeach Biden for something. They just couldn’t come up with anything.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The $6 Trillion Decision
The stakes of the election can be laid out in 13-figure sums.
Posted inPodcasts
Trump’s Billionaires and Zaka Propaganda
For some oligarchs, a fascist dictatorship is worth keeping taxes low.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Going Radical
On our weekly news show, David Dayen and Robert Kuttner discuss how policymakers both in America and across the pond need to think bigger.
