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.
February 21, 2024
Larry Summers Resigned Just Days Before Block Inc.’s Alleged Inadequate Practices Made Public
Once again Summers has resigned just before a company became embroiled in scandal.
February 21, 2024
Revolving Door Project: Whistleblower Alleged CashApp Is Haven For Money Launderers And Other Criminals. Don’t Let Larry Summers’ Resignation Allow Him To Escape Scrutiny… Yet Again
The former Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor abruptly resigned just a week before reports of federal investigation went public. The media cannot allow his feeble attempt to avoid attention work yet again.
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.
January 24, 2024
Press Release: The Revolving Door Project Calls On Senate To Delay Confirmation Of Sean Patrick Maloney Until Crypto Ties Can Be Investigated
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Waved Maloney Through Without So Much As A Whisper About His Connections To Coinbase, The Cryptocurrency Firm That Has Employed Him Since His Nomination Was Announced.
January 05, 2024
Shame on WSJ for Distorting Seniors’ Economic Well-Being to Push Social Security Cuts
Just days after House Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated his desire to slash crucial benefits, the newspaper allowed a pair of Hoover fellows to embellish the material circumstances of elderly Americans.
January 04, 2024
New Year, Same Times
Here’s a resolution for you: stop both sides-ing the deficit debate.
December 15, 2023
Bidenomics Needs A Corporate Crackdown On Rent-Gougers
The RealPage scandal gives Biden a real opportunity to rally working-class support for his reelection campaign.
September 22, 2023
Harvard Professor Uses This One Weird Trick To Sound Smart
Predicting things accurately is hard and saying there are 50/50 odds makes it sound like you’re just guessing. Why not say “there’s a one in three chance” instead?
September 15, 2023
Won’t Economists Think of the Children?!?
July 28, 2023
The Democratic Party Has Moved Past Larry Summers. Why Can’t The Media?
Reporters Need To Toss Outdated Rolodexes And Contact New Economic Minds. If Summers Can’t Even Stand Moderate Democratic Policy Priorities, How Can He Be A “Democratic” Talking Head?
July 21, 2023 | The Sling
The Inane Indignation Around Sellers’ Inflation
Conventional economists have been bristling about sellers’ inflation being presented as an alternative to the more staid explanation of a wage-price spiral (we’ll come back to that), but in recent months there have been extremely aggressive (and often condescending, self-important, and factually incorrect) attacks on the idea and its proponents. Despite this, sellers’ inflation really is not that far from a lot of long standing economic theory, and the idea is grounded in key assumptions about firm behavior that are deeply held across most economic models.
July 07, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
The Supreme Legislature…Err…Court: It’s Getting Harder to Tell the Difference
July 05, 2023
Calling for a Corporate Crackdown, Not Lukewarm Apologism
With smog from fossil-fueled wildfires hanging in the Chicago air, Biden shared an underwhelming vision of corporate accountability as part of his “Bidenomics” platform.