Prospect

An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.

Biden’s most progressive senior economic adviser wins surprising Republican support.

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Today on TAP: The Jack Teixeira episode demonstrates the bloated incompetence that a trillion dollars of annual military spending purchases.

The Democrats will convention in Chicago next year, and it’s not clear that they’ll get a warm welcome from the cops.

How creeping privatization of health care services for military veterans is not helping patients or their caregivers.

If Keva Landrum were chosen, it would serve as yet another example of the Biden administration betraying its promises to reform the criminal legal system.

California has worked to boost its African American history offerings, creating a rich template for public schools that want to embrace a fuller vision of American history.

Today on TAP: These efforts will backfire on the right—but produce a lot of suffering along the way.

The World Bank and IMF are asking developing countries to do more with less.

We need better economic models, but we also need Congress to free itself from the self-imposed constraints of modeling on the policymaking process.

Old senators, old rules, and old traditions all are cutting against what should be a simple task of confirming judges.

A new plan from the IRS lays out how the agency intends to revamp itself.

Today on TAP: At many media outlets, however belatedly, they are. But not at The Wall Street Journal.

In the Progressive and New Deal eras, there was a markedly different response to rising prices, and a different usage of economic theory.

The GOP discovers that shouting lies on television is not a good way to figure out how to tax and spend.

GOP lawmakers have used state preemption tactics to prevent localities from passing laws that don’t align with their ideological beliefs, or even to reduce the size of local councils.

Today on TAP: Both the inflation and the employment outlook continue to improve.

Nashville city council member Sean Parker explains recent events.

Government and the private sector rely increasingly on risk-modeling firms that claim they can zero in on exposure to climate change.