Playing with fragile commercial real estate is like playing with fire.
Trump transition
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada’s Conservatives Crash With Onset of Tariff War
With elections upcoming, the Conservatives had started measuring the drapes, but didn’t anticipate America’s new president shattering their country’s politics.
Posted inTAP
The People, Yes
Today on TAP: What happens when democracy so badly fails to deliver the goods that the citizenry freely choses dictatorship?
Posted inPolitics
House Releases Reverse Robin Hood Resolution
It would take food and medicine from the poor and give the money to the rich. But there’s nothing even approaching consensus among Republicans.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Attacks Child Care for the Most Vulnerable
It turns out that you can’t just turn the government off and then back on again.
Posted inTAP
Trump Finds a Set of Refugees He Welcomes
Today on TAP: While expelling nonwhite refugees here legally, he invites in white South Africans who say they don’t want to come.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Vought Restores CFPB Procedure That Sustains Mortgage Markets
The situation reveals that sometimes, even arsonists need the building they’re burning down to stay upright.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Trump Continue to Defy Court Orders?
As long as nobody will stop him, why wouldn’t he?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump, Man of Steel (and Aluminum)
The new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, directed mainly at China, are partially worthwhile, but were undercut by allowing Nippon Steel to buy into U.S. Steel.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Even Bankers Don’t Want to Delete the CFPB
Industry trade groups are alarmed that the Trump administration’s illegal order to halt work at the consumer protection agency will cause chaos in consumer markets.
