October 04, 2024
YIMBYism Doesn’t Mean You Have To Ignore Price Fixing
Housing Policy Doesn’t Have To Be Rocket Science, But Ignoring Real Issues To Make It Appear More Simple Is Wrong.
October 03, 2024
Unions In Sweden Don’t Do This, Says Man Who Opposes Efforts To Make US Unions As Strong As Swedish Ones
Institute For Progress Co-Founder Alec Stapp has decided to use Swedish Unions as an example for US labor leaders. So why doesn’t he support pro-union policies?
October 01, 2024
Addressing Readers’ Struggles With Reading Comprehension
Hackwatch reader Matthew Yglesias is having trouble understanding, so we’re going to slow it down for him and explain some basic concepts of trustworthiness
September 23, 2024
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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 13, 2024
You Don’t Need To Defend Betting Markets To Defend Polling
A feud between an actress and a prominent election forecaster has somehow resulted in people defending the unshakable political insights of gambling addicts and political junkies because it involves a market.
August 29, 2024
The long odds that gambling markets are insightful.
What do Jason Furman and Nate Silver have in common? Thinking Gambling addicts have a special insight into politics and the 2024 election.
May 03, 2024
Keep Yellen’ At Larry Summers
The Treasury Secretary Is Right To Point Out Summers’ Record Of Failed Predictions, And Other Democrats Should Too.
April 12, 2024
Let's Be Direct (File)
As the Taxman Cometh, The IRS’ Enemies Throw Everything And The Kitchen Sink
March 29, 2024
Furman’s Frustration
He’s Mad That Robert Rubin’s Gang No Longer Reigns Supreme
March 22, 2024
Crypto Is Hoping You Won’t Notice Their Redoubled Influence Campaign
The media has done a good job highlighting the cryptocurrency industry’s continued attempts to influence elections but crypto’s hiring of political insiders continues to go unnoticed.
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 10, 2024
Responding To Larry Summers
We asked the media’s most prominent economist about his many corporate entanglements. His defense? Stop asking questions.
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.
November 22, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Larry Summers’ Ascent to OpenAI Board is Awful News for Humanity
Revolving Door Statement on Crypto proponent Larry Summers joining the board of Sam Altman’s OpenAI
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?