What was once a policy of disengagement has now become a policy of far more dangerous entanglement.
America and the World
Posted inAmerica and the World
France’s ‘Jupiterian’ President Is Struck by a Bolt From the Blue
The left and the far right deny Emmanuel Macron a majority in the French National Assembly.
Posted inCoronavirus
WTO Fails to Promote COVID Vaccines
Today on TAP: And the U.S., despite Biden’s commitment to a waiver of drug company patent rights, sides with Pharma.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Time to Pass the Global Minimum Corporate Tax
Biden stepped up and helped negotiate a global deal last fall. Now, Congress has to act.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech’s Back Door to Digital Trade Rules
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is a cat’s-paw for tech monopolies.
Posted inCoronavirus
Saving Lives Globally vs. Defending Pharma Profits
The U.S. position at a key WTO meeting on intellectual-property waivers for COVID vaccines will reveal which side Joe Biden is on.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Altercation: Israel and Palestine and the Absence of a Solution
Israel relentlessly escalates its repression, and the BDS campaign has completely failed to deter it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Inflation Isn’t So Different Between the U.S. and Europe
This should lead Federal Reserve officials to hesitate before blindly hacking away at the economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
After Hyper-Globalization
What should the next trading system be? Can we restore the capacity of the U.S. to produce—and of all nations to regulate capitalism?
