stLouISTIndustrial Policy: Now Comes the Hard Part
Enacting large-scale bipartisan legislation was a minor miracle. It will take an even bigger miracle to spend all that money effectively.
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Britain’s Tragic Collapse
The problem is not failed leadership but a failed ideology.
IMF and World Bank Predict Tolerable Crises
Rich economies expect to be largely unaffected by debt distress and looming defaults in developing countries.
Can Democrats Talk About Inflation?
Today on TAP: They’d better learn how. They won’t win the midterms just on reproductive rights.
Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Grocery Giant
FTC chair Lina Khan will almost certainly sue to block this consolidation. Despite a monopoly-friendly judiciary, she has a strong chance of success.
Amazon Workers Are Fighting Back
Ahead of a key vote at a warehouse in Albany, union drives and walkouts show that workers are unafraid of challenging the e-commerce giant.
To Regain the Public’s Trust, the Executive Branch Needs an Ethics Enforcement Overhaul
Too many federal officials are overseeing policies where they have a direct financial interest.
A French Lesson on Inflation and Social Class
Today on TAP: In France, workers have shut down oil refineries, demanding wage hikes as a share of company windfall profits.
Pining for the Fjords
Ryan Cooper reports in from the Faroe Islands.
Colorado Swing-Seat House Candidates Debate Amid a Flood of Outside Money
Democrat Yadira Caraveo is painting her opponent Barbara Kirkmeyer as an extremist. Kirkmeyer is focused on inflation.
Slash Child Abuse With One Simple Trick: Cash
Child protective services is far less effective than the welfare state.
Why Oregon’s Herschel Walker Could Win
After trouncing crypto’s golden boy, Andrea Salinas stares down scandal-plagued millionaire Mike Erickson.
Altercation: The Sunday Shows Enable Republican Extremism
TV bookers apparently can’t stop themselves from giving an uncritical platform to anti-democracy demagogues.
New Solutions Unveiled to Curtail L.A. County’s Black Infant and Maternal Death Rates
Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
The Fish Stinks From the Head
So the January 6th Committee subpoenas Donald Trump.
The Climate Transition Will Do Wonders for National Security
Today on TAP: America is getting clubbed in the head with the problems of fossil fuel dependence.
L.A. Backstory: The History Behind the City Council’s Racist Tirades
Where did the behind-closed-doors racist garbage from some leading Los Angeles elected officials come from?
On Marijuana, a Tough-on-Crime Republican Fail in Progress
Political and economic indicators point to more liberalization ahead.
Servicer in a Key Student Loan Cancellation Lawsuit Risks a $175 Billion Fine
MOHELA, a servicer involved in the case that heard oral arguments on Wednesday, could be liable under California law if it interferes with a borrower’s right to debt forgiveness.
Bernanke’s Odd Nobel Prize
Today on TAP: As a close student of the Great Depression, he knew enough to prevent a repeat of it—but forgot the lessons about the need for tougher regulation of the financial system.