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September 27, 2024
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis Henry Burke
Hackwatch Anti-MonopolyCatherine RampellCryptocurrencyEconomic MediaEconomic PolicyGovernment CapacityHousingMatt YglesiasTaxes
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
September 23, 2024
Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Hackwatch Catherine RampellClimate and EnvironmentEconomic MediaHack WatchJamie DimonLaborLarry SummersMatt Yglesias
Hacking Away
You’d be forgiven for missing some terrible neoliberal commentary with all that going on. That’s why we’ve been monitoring the ponderous pundits, neoliberal know-nothings, and kooks of the commentariat for you! Here’s what you might’ve missed last week from our Hack friends
September 20, 2024
Last Days of Summer(s)
Shockingly, the guy who spent years going on BloombergTV and being wrong about inflation went on BloombergTV, was wrong about inflation.
September 03, 2024
Matt Yglesias’ Understanding of Inflation is Still Fake
The idea of relying on the basic supply and demand model from intro macro runs into a wall anytime you have a market of price setters rather than price takers.
July 12, 2024
Economic Policy And SCOTUS
The media needs to start getting wise to the court’s role in shaping the economy.
June 26, 2024 | The Sling
Ken Rogoff Remains Pervasive Even Though His Pro-Austerity Paper Was Debunked Over Ten Years Ago
Rogoff’s legacy is one of creating cover for conservative governments to prematurely abandon fiscal stimulus, leaving millions of people out of work. What rocketed “Growth in a Time of Debt” to its high status among economists was how clear and dramatic it found the risk of high debt to be. That was proven to be bunk. But it was deeply rooted in the ethos of the austerity movement, so much so that the hawks at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget felt the need to defend their own position in the wake of the R&R controversy. Why is Rogoff still in reporters’ rolodexes?
June 14, 2024
Emma Marsano Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Hackwatch Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownMedia Accountability
The Mainstream Media Keeps Burying the True Cost of Fossil Fuels
What would it take for them to consistently name and shame the corporate villains responsible for catastrophic climate change?
May 31, 2024
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Larry Summers wants to excise politics from Harvard’s campus. May as well start with the man in the mirror.