Prospect

It’s alive and well in Central Europe—but alas, in few other places.

A new paper shows that rent-seeking by firms with dominant market positions has exploded since the 1980s.

MOHELA, the loan servicer that is the basis for standing in the Supreme Court case against student debt cancellation, didn’t want to be associated with it at all, according to newly released documents.

The fascist right is finding it easy to bully Target and other companies with a campaign of homophobic terror.

State lawmakers worked hard to convince utilities and construction union members that they would not end up on the chopping block.

Criticism is important for any art form, but doing it for games is a tough business.

What’s the difference between building clean energy and paying for it to be built? With billions in tax breaks at stake, the distinction is becoming more important to parse.

Today on TAP: It’s one of the most progressive ever.

The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement.

Today on TAP: Farmers Insurance Group and AIG are halting home policy sales in Florida. They weren’t the first and they won’t be the last.

Fights over domestic spying typically follow a familiar pattern. That might end this year.

After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.

The media’s focus on waste misses key context, and ignores the stunning success of the lockdown-era welfare state.

Today on TAP: A win at the negotiating table for the Teamsters will make delivering packages a little less dangerous.

Donald Trump was apparently keeping classified national security secrets in his bathroom.

A new report identifies several powerful options using the Defense Production Act to support the energy transition.

Elon Musk’s automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.

On the Brazos River in Texas, one chemical company reigns supreme.

Today on TAP: The May inflation report was sublime. Time to start cutting interest rates.

The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack of consensus on upcoming spending bills—which could give Democrats an opportunity.