stLouISTThe Ever-Present Threat of Supply Shocks
Today on TAP: The Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore is a reminder that sudden changes to how we move goods around the world can happen anytime.
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The Connection Between Jobs and Housing
The good news/bad news story in the Economic Report of the President
Who Controls Your Shopping Cart?
Austin Frerick’s ‘Barons’ follows the food-industry giants that have cornered giant portions of the market for everything from coffee to chicken thighs.
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Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World
Republican Disarray
Today on TAP: How fractured are the Republicans in Congress? Let us count the ways.
Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying
The Federal Trade Commission found that big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs on food and household goods.
The Machine Crumbles
Andy Kim has not only pulled off a major upset. He may have transformed the political culture of an entire state.
The Marginal Realists of Standing Together
An all-too-rare organization of Israeli Palestinians and Jews works for an unfantastical solution to the enduring conflict.
Tim Ryan’s Natural Gas Advocacy Makes a Mockery of Public Service
The former Ohio congressman is leveraging his prior career for a group backed by fossil fuel and petrochemical industry players.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: This Week in Antitrust
On this week’s live show, our staff discuss the Maryland Senate race, AI and disinformation, and the DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple.
The Promise of Biden’s Second Term
Today on TAP: And the exemplary effects of his green jobs creation programs in his first term
The Self-Funding ‘Victim’ of the Criminal Justice System
David Trone, founder of the Total Wine chain, is trying to draw a contrast with his primary opponent, a former prosecutor, by saying he’s been caught up in the system. It was for business violations.
New Clean-Car Rule May Transform Unions in America
The Environmental Protection Agency rule makes it impossible for Volkswagen to shut down its EV-producing plant in Tennessee, which is being targeted by the UAW.
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.
Republicans Say It Aloud: They Want to Raise the Retirement Age
Today on TAP: The vast majority of House GOPniks tell Americans that if they want Social Security, they need to work longer.
The Disinformation Gap Between Talk and Action
The U.S. is in no position to export AI solutions until it gets its own house in order.
The PBM-Insurer Mafia Comes for Community Pharmacies
UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna’s PBMs are using their market share and pull in Washington to drive one of the key levers to manage health care costs—independent pharmacies—out of business.
What Really Happened on October 7?
And why, wonders a new Al Jazeera documentary, did the media go to such lengths to concoct gruesome X-rated versions of an attack that was harrowing enough to begin with?
Crypto’s New Pal, Gary Gensler
Today on TAP: Why did the usually public-minded SEC chair breathe new life into Bitcoins?
‘Stay Strapped or Get Clapped’
How the media misses the story of companies seeking profit by keeping traumatized veterans armed and enraged