March 29, 2024
Furman’s Frustration
He’s Mad That Robert Rubin’s Gang No Longer Reigns Supreme
March 01, 2024
Departing RealPage Exec’s Flimsy Rant Against Rent Control
As he leaves the scandal-plagued firm, Jay Parsons offers one last defense of rent-gougers.
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
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
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
January 12, 2024
AI Evangelists Won’t Stop Highlighting The Danger Of Their Technology. Can 2024 Be The Year Journalists Stop Parroting Their Claims?
The zero-interest-rate epoch of Silicon Valley is over, and with it, startup grifters are working overtime to ensure their promises of technological revolution are worthy of investment. Can the media learn something from the crypto bubble and start interrogating those espousing revolutionary technological progress?
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.
December 15, 2023
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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.
November 17, 2023
Don’t Roll The Credits On Hollywood’s Labor Uprising Yet
Thoughts on the summer of strikes, the rise of the machines, and coming attractions.
November 08, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
We Can’t Afford Supply Side Liberals’ Climate Strategy
All that this administration has done to make renewables easier and cheaper to build in this country is threatened by the administration’s simultaneous willingness to let U.S. fossil fuel companies continue to extract the massive reserves of oil and gas still in the ground, and, increasingly, to export it abroad. We share one global atmosphere. There is no decarbonizing America—no avoiding climate change reshaping the possibilities for life on this planet—without keeping our massive oil and gas reserves in the ground.
October 27, 2023
Larry Summers And The Crypto Con
October 20, 2023
Hollywood Bosses Fight SAG-AFTRA With PR Flacks’ Help
The hired guns at the Levinson Group are still helping the AMPTP block a fair contract with workers.
October 06, 2023
How Do You Get Tricked By The Effective Altruist Schtick When The Guy Is In Jail?
Somehow, Author Michael Lewis Has Fallen For SBF’s Unkempt, Well-Meaning Genius Gimmick That Beguiled Most Of DC And The Media. He’s Held On To This Idea Almost A Year Since Bankman-Fried Was Exposed.