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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, 11 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years ago
Hurricane Ian reminds us we're in this together
No Republican governor has been more vocal in his opposition to what he describes as “socialism” than Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis. “I stand again…
4 years ago
The three myths used by the ultra-wealthy to justify the ultra-wealthy
On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a study of trends in the distribution of family wealth between 1989 and 2019. Over those thirty …
4 years ago
One billionaire backer of the insurrection answers me
In a post here on September 8, I asked the billionaires who are bankrolling candidates who have tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election ho…
4 years ago
Are record levels of stress inside us — or outside us?
Last week, a panel of medical experts recommended for the first time that doctors screen all adult patients under 65 for anxiety disorders. The advis…
4 years ago