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The Failure of Dodd-Frank

1 year 8 months ago
‘Too big to fail’ is more pervasive and regulation more captured than ever. What went wrong?
Robert Kuttner

Labor’s Militant Creativity

1 year 8 months ago
Today on TAP: The UAW builds on a tactic—selective strikes—pioneered 30 years ago by the Flight Attendants.
Robert Kuttner

Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial

1 year 8 months ago
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.’
Luke Goldstein

How Do You Spell Relief?

1 year 8 months ago
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.
Robert Kuttner

Catch Us if You Can

1 year 9 months ago
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
Maureen Tkacik

Beware the Wrong Auto Deal

1 year 9 months ago
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.
Robert Kuttner

The Poverty Yo-Yo

1 year 9 months ago
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
David Dayen