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March 29, 2024
Furman’s Frustration
He’s Mad That Robert Rubin’s Gang No Longer Reigns Supreme
March 22, 2024 | The American Prospect
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Bad-Faith Criticism of Biden’s Budget Proposal
The organization that claims to champion deficit reduction actually wants to cut your Social Security.
March 18, 2024
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Touch
A quick roundup of some pundits striking out from their ivory towers to completely and utterly miss the point.
March 05, 2024 | The Sling
The Proposed Merger of Capital One and Discover Deserves Rigorous Scrutiny
Last month, Capital One announced that it plans to purchase Discover in a deal worth $35.3 billion. For their campaign to secure regulatory approval, Capital One is trying to act like a benevolent pro-consumer company that will use economies of scale to lower interest rates and ramp up competition with Visa and Mastercard. But that’s probably baloney.
March 01, 2024
In Leaping to Defend Wendy’s, This WaPo Column Tells A Whopper
Catherine Rampell’s crazy defense of Wendy’s surge pricing.
February 23, 2024
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis Hannah Story Brown
Hackwatch Climate and EnvironmentLarry SummersMedia Accountability
On Larry And Ledes
Larry Summers’ latest departure raises questions new and old. And we wish Politico had buried this lede, preferably at least six feet deep.
February 02, 2024 | The American Prospect
Biden Should Begin the Tax Wars Now
He needs to highlight his positions against the Republicans’. And not give away too much in interim deals.
February 02, 2024
Conspiracy (Taylor’s Version): On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
December 14, 2023 | The American Prospect
Kenny Stancil Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed Ethics in GovernmentFederal ReserveFinancial RegulationIndependent Agencies
Corporate Headhunters Shouldn’t Control Who Can Be a Fed Reserve Bank President
We need a democratic process for appointing leaders of regional Fed banks.
November 08, 2023 | The Sling
Fixating on Credibility Rather Than Following the Data Discredits the Fed
October 27, 2023
Larry Summers And The Crypto Con
September 15, 2023
Won’t Economists Think of the Children?!?
August 14, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Blog
Stop Trying To Dunk On Consumers
Let’s just admit economic media’s talking heads are out of touch