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December 18, 2024 | The American Prospect
Democrats Allow More IRS Funding to Fade Away
Concessions from the 2023 debt ceiling fight continue to haunt Democrats, and tax cheats could enjoy hundreds of billions in savings.
November 26, 2024 | The American Prospect
The Abundance Agenda: Neoliberalism’s Rebrand
The new centrist push to regain control of the Democratic Party, with corporate money
November 20, 2024
The Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget Welcomes Musk’s Meme Department of Government Efficiency
Welcome to the new Trump administration, where apparently this is what we can expect from the “responsible moderates” like CRFB.
November 19, 2024
The Campaign That Could Have Been
Taking on corporate greed, and assuring people you would keep them from getting ripped off, was exactly what the moment called for. Unfortunately, many of the millionaires and billionaires running the Harris campaign couldn’t see that.
November 15, 2024
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Picket Lines, Battle Lines, Applause Lines
As the Biden Administration Enters Its Twilight, Let’s Face Facts
November 08, 2024
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Hot (Takes) To Go
Some Notes on Centrists Blaming Everyone but Themselves
November 05, 2024 | The Sling
The Federal Reserve Isn’t Responsible for the Soft Landing—Though to Understand Why, We Need More Than Econ 101
Particularly given the stink that neoclassical economists made about evidence for sellers’ inflation, they should be held to a similar standard for their crediting of the Fed for lower inflation and implicitly putting the blame on consumers and workers. The data just don’t fit their model.
October 25, 2024
Media Executives Are Not Okay
They’ve descended into business model myopia and lost direction as the actual news becomes more and more of an afterthought.
October 15, 2024
The Worst Milton Since Friedman
Climate disasters, what to do about them, and why the Fed needs to step up
October 10, 2024 | The Hill
Harris should promise to elevate FEMA head to Cabinet
The FEMA director has been elevated to a cabinet-level post once before: under President Clinton in 1996. Even that relatively small step could make a huge difference.
October 07, 2024
Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
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Jason Furman Isn’t Really Sure How Government Works
In classic economist fashion, Jason Furman’s lack of understanding hasn’t stopped him from complaining about Lina Khan… doing her job.
September 27, 2024
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis Henry Burke
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Two Cheers for Antitrust
Reid Hoffman hates Lina Khan, but the polling firm he funds keeps demonstrating the popularity of her crackdown on corporate monopoly power.
September 27, 2024
An Odd Omission
September 25, 2024
Declines In Government Capacity Are The Result Of A War On Government Effectiveness
Matt Yglesias Blames Progressives For Declines In Government Effectiveness. We Blame The Conservatives Who Have Spent Decades Undermining Effective Governance