Trump is adept at using his willingness to be wildly inconsistent to destabilize opponents. But he is unduly fond of using blunt instruments like tariffs that he can impose unilaterally, with insufficient consideration of whether they will work all that well, let alone what bad unintended effects they might generate. What Trump has done so […]
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Read more...Some of Trump’s first day initiatives will run into a buzz saw of legal opposition, but others on the economic warfare front seem to pack a punch.
Read more...State-level activists have been building coalitions to implement higher and more extensive taxes on the wealthy. What are their prospects?
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Read more...Why a flat tax is yet another scheme to further enrich the rich and weaken the political power of ordinary citizens.
Read more...Analyses of planned Trump tariffs differ somewhat on the impact, but all find them to be negative. Will the Supremes save Trump from himself?
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Read more...A look at corporate misbehavior, here extreme tax avoidance and green laundering, and the progress of efforts to combat it.
Read more...“Crypto is a haven for businesspeople with nefarious or criminal intent.”
Read more...But has she already embraced them?
Read more...In her DNC speech, Kamala Harris embraced Republican language on the economy. So how deep does her purported progressivism run?
Read more...The Heritage Project 2025 plan is a program for the next president to roll back rights in US and abroad – including draft policies
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Read more...“It’s time to tax the billionaires,” economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis.
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