Prospect

Today on TAP: Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights?

How S Group became Finland’s most dominant retailer

The Kroger-Albertsons merger shows us why regulators need to permanently divest the concept of, well, divesting.

The troubled transatlantic trade deal may expose the limits of Washington’s green ‘friendshoring’ agenda.

Today on TAP: Hamas’s murder rampage is one more death blow to Palestinian nationalism, strengthening Israeli hawks. Outside powers (mainly the U.S.) should impose a two-state solution.

New urgency on foreign aid might make getting through the budget and Ukraine funding easier. More likely, it will make it harder.

The Biden administration is funding technical assistance for places that have been left behind, so they can access public investments.

The economy has many problems. But the labor market hasn’t been doing this well in many decades.

Today on TAP: Expansion of the Child Tax Credit is blocked in Washington, but many states are partly helping. They can do only so much.

Dianne Feinstein’s death creates two elections in California’s Senate race. That means donors can max out support to their favorite candidate twice.

GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.

The underfunded agency overseeing tens of thousands of miles of dangerous pipelines has not had an official leader for years.

The union has secured that workers at General Motors’ joint-venture battery plants will be covered under the Big Three master agreement. It’s a major step in a just transition.

Today on TAP: Several items to contemplate over the holiday weekend

A startup aims to restore American magnesium production.

Some saw gains. Others saw further cuts. But the rural letter carriers are still frustrated by the lack of transparency over the data creating new routes.

A new book on the Clinton presidency reveals how it abandoned a progressive vision for a finance-led agenda for economics and geopolitics.

Today on TAP: Mexico (among others) might object, but I have a solution for that.

The anti-labor law firm Littler Mendelson’s reputation is a premier example of the limitations in existing labor law.

Non-union businesses tend not to publicly report workplace injuries and illnesses. Unionized businesses generally do.