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The Kanye West paradox: How to treat noxious content on social media?
Twitter and Instagram just removed antisemitic posts from Kanye West and temporarily banned him from their platforms.
It’s the latest illustration of…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why is trickle-down economics still with us?
Within weeks of taking office, Britain’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, and her chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, proposed a radical new s…
3 years, 3 months ago
How do we measure what really matters?
Hello friends,
Welcome back to my Saturday coffee klatch with my colleague Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action — an…
3 years, 3 months ago
The most important protector of workers' rights you've never heard of
Gallup reports that a whopping (and record) 72 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 approve of labor unions. That’s especially remarkab…
3 years, 3 months ago
Buying a mayor
Conservative economists shrug their shoulders at the record accumulation of wealth at the very top of America. They claim it’s not a problem because …
3 years, 3 months ago
Office Hours: Should Elon get Twitter just because he's now willing to pay for it?
Elon Musk just revived his bid for Twitter Inc. at his original offering price of $44 billion — or $54.20 a share — thereby avoiding a courtroom figh…
3 years, 3 months ago
We get what we measure: Why policymakers overlook profits as the source of inflation
One of my goals in this newsletter is to help you uncover the ways wealth and power shape public policy. Today, I’m going to focus on a topic that ma…
3 years, 3 months ago
Trump's "death wish" for McConnell
Friends,
Sorry to intrude on your day once again, but I can’t remain silent in the face of Trump’s tirade against Mitch McConnell. On Friday, Trump c…
3 years, 3 months ago
Trump will be on the ballot in 5 weeks
My friends,
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is effectively on the ballot in the midterm elections, five weeks from tomorrow (voting has already begun in…
3 years, 3 months ago
What can we learn from the devastation of Hurricane Ian?
Hello friends,
Welcome back to my Saturday coffee klatch with my colleague Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action — an…
3 years, 3 months ago