Archive for August 2023
The Case for Radical Public Options
There are too many realms with public consequences where the private sector is inefficient and rapacious. Some might call the remedy socialism.
Read MoreWill Fox Lose Its Broadcast License?
A broad coalition asserts, with plenty of evidence hidden in plain view, that Fox fails the FCC’s character test.
Read MoreA Revolving-Door Trifecta
More of the same may be in store at the State Department.
Read MoreThis Economy Is Breaking All the Rules—and Thriving
A COVID-driven recession with temporary inflation is now followed by a strong recovery that follows no standard models.
Read MoreBiden’s China Policy: Less Than Meets the Eye
The White House executive order on export controls is mostly window dressing—and there is already pressure to water it down.
Read MoreCapitalists: Be Careful What You Wish For
Wall Street’s hilarious complaint against a totally captured self-regulatory agency has one thing right: This delegation of government authority is unconstitutional.
Read MoreArgentina: Vultures Come Home to Roost
How America’s most predatory hedge funds deepened Argentina’s economic miseries and helped invite a far-right reaction
Read MoreWill Biden Have Enough Chips in 2024?
His industrial-policy programs are great. How much of an election year difference can they make?
Read MorePitch Meeting
Is there anything capitalism can’t co-opt?
Read MoreThe Ohio Vote as a Turning Point
Red-state voters reject both a ham-handed move to undermine democracy as well as abortion restrictions.
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