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March 13, 2026

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Cryptocurrency Financial Regulation Fintech Tech

The Technobabble Defense: Cryptocurrency

How the cryptocurrency industry lied about it’s supposed innovation in order to escape basic government oversight.

March 11, 2026

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Newsletter Abundance Artificial Intelligence Economic Media Tech

An Argument with The Argument

Responding to Jerusalem Demsas Responding to us

February 12, 2026

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Corporate Crackdown Fintech Tech

The Technobabble Defense: The Tech “Industry”

What’s in a name??

January 16, 2026

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Economic Media Financial Regulation Revolving Door Tech

The Technobabble Defense

How companies cry “innovation” to defend their lawbreaking

September 04, 2025

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Newsletter Abundance Climate and Environment Economic Media Labor Tech

All About Abundance

As They Gather in D.C., Abundance Liberals’ Choice of Friends Speaks Volumes

April 14, 2025

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Abundance Climate and Environment Economic Media Economic Policy Housing

Efficiency and Abundance

February 11, 2025

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Ethics in Government Executive Branch Revolving Door

Kyrsten Sinema Is The Latest Addition To Crypto’s Sellout Dream Team. Who Will Be Next?

Outgoing Biden officials, members of Congress, and political staffers are all up for grabs by industries looking for their own roster of influence peddlers.

February 04, 2025

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Executive Branch IRS Taxes Trump 2.0

How Screwed is the IRS?

Things don’t look good

January 10, 2025

Julian Scoffield

Hackwatch Catherine Rampell Economic Media

Techno-optimism or Corporate PR? We can’t tell.

Catherine Rampell’s penchant for business boosterism is on full display once again, but this time it’s BigPharma that received some free PR.

November 22, 2024

Henry Burke

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Cryptocurrency Fintech Kovacevich Revolving Door Tech

Silicon Valley’s Not-So Subtle Influence Peddler Wants Attention

Adam Kovacevich has spent his career pushing for more big tech influence. His latest bid? Pretend to be a reasonable progressive voice

November 15, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch 2024 Election/Transition Congressional Oversight Economic Media Economic Policy Executive Branch Independent Agencies

Picket Lines, Battle Lines, Applause Lines

As the Biden Administration Enters Its Twilight, Let’s Face Facts

November 08, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch 2024 Election Anti-Monopoly Corporate Crackdown Cryptocurrency Economic Media Economic Policy Revolving Door Tech

Hot (Takes) To Go

Some Notes on Centrists Blaming Everyone but Themselves

November 01, 2024

Henry Burke

Hackwatch 2024 Election Ethics in Government Executive Branch Revolving Door

Being Ethical Can Pay Off

Why it’s smart for power-hungry politicians to embrace common sense ethics reforms

October 25, 2024

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Economic Media Media Accountability

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 07, 2024

Henry Burke Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Congressional Oversight Economic Media Independent Agencies Jason Furman Media Accountability

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.