stLouISTThe Failure of Dodd-Frank
‘Too big to fail’ is more pervasive and regulation more captured than ever. What went wrong?
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The GOP Is the Party of Corrupt Oligarchy
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton escaped conviction after being impeached.
Labor’s Militant Creativity
Today on TAP: The UAW builds on a tactic—selective strikes—pioneered 30 years ago by the Flight Attendants.
UAW Strikes Built the American Middle Class
Today’s strikers are seeking to renew the broadly shared prosperity that earlier UAW work stoppages created.
Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial
Google claims its product is just superior. Says the former White House competition czar: ‘We now can see that a lot of those arguments are horseshit.’
The Federal Reserve Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
Activists are pushing Fed vice chair Michael Barr and his deputy Kevin Stiroh to force the financial sector to take climate change seriously.
How Do You Spell Relief?
Today on TAP: After an FDA finding that a popular decongestant is worthless, Biden could direct that agency to fast-track approval of a miracle drug for colds used all over the world.
UAW Strikes at Select Plants
The ‘Stand Up Strike’ is intended to keep the Big Three automakers off-balance.
The Saudi Sports Grab Is a Humanitarian Disaster
Saudi Arabia’s soccer revolution risks perpetrating a similar labor crisis as seen in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Demanding Equity in Higher Education
A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
How to Reform Labor Law Without Exactly Reforming Labor Law
Today on TAP: Federal agencies and Democratic states are enhancing worker rights despite congressional inaction.
Finland’s Cooperative Culture
Ryan Cooper discusses impressions from a reporting trip to Finland.
Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
The Nordic Way of Freedom
Liberty isn’t when every jerk gets to inconvenience everyone else.
NLRB Complaint Calls a Noncompete Agreement an Unfair Labor Practice
The complaint against an Ohio spa follows General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s memo seeking these kinds of cases.
Justice Department Says Google ‘Flexed Its Muscle’ as a Monopolist
On day one of the historic monopolization trial, the government put Google’s chief economist on the stand to show that the company valued default status on browsers and devices.
Beware the Wrong Auto Deal
Today on TAP: An agreement with generous raises that allowed for a low-wage, non-union EV sector would be far worse than a strike.
The Poverty Yo-Yo
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—and a Seat at the Table
Fast-food workers compel McDonald’s and Starbucks to abandon a ballot measure that would have squelched both.
An American Leader’s Job Tenure Is Now in Question
Today on TAP: Joe Biden’s? No, Kevin McCarthy’s.