President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Job Corps sixty years ago. Trump wants to cut off funding for this vital workforce development program.
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The Economic Consequences of the Tariff War
The economy was already stalling out before Liberation Day. A trade war on the entire world will only make everything worse.
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Trump’s Stagflation
Today on TAP: It’s not easy to engineer the combination of rising prices and falling economy output, but Trump is well on the way.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Intellectual Dishonesty of Jason Furman
What’s behind his broadside against Joe Biden’s economics?
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Laying Off Empiricists
Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk war on federal workers zeroes in on agencies that document facts that may run counter to Trump’s fantasies.
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The Fed Finally Lightens Up
Today on TAP: Rates have been cut by a full half-point. It’s about time.
Posted inWorking in America
A Safety Net for Unemployed Workers
The job market is strong. Now is the perfect time to fix the unemployment system.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Panic on Wall Street Convince Jerome Powell to Do His Job?
The Federal Reserve should have cut rates months ago. Now it might be too late.
Posted inPolitics
Republican Make-Believe: Playing Nice and Loving Workers
That was the implausible message of their convention’s opening night.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Inflation Is Whipped. Someone Wake Up Jerome Powell.
Time for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.