Prospect

‘The advanced economies are closing in on themselves’

Gabrielle Gurley and Luke Goldstein discuss the condition and politics of the U.S. urban fabric.

This used to be a nation of clubs. What happened?

Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the kind of figure produced by an apartheid system.

A short-term federal budget fix might buy more time to figure out what’s next.

Today on TAP: There is far more corporate crime than crimes by unions. But corrupt labor officials are prosecuted and jailed, while executive thugs walk.

The allegations against spare-parts conglomerate TransDigm mirror previous claims against the ‘Martin Shkreli of defense contracting.’

The Federal Home Loan Bank system has moved beyond its original intent and mostly allows distressed banks to delay a reckoning. It could use reform.

The key is higher equity requirements so banks remain solvent.

Today on TAP: The leaders of Israel, France, and India all moved to subvert democracy in the past couple of weeks.

First Citizens only purchased a portion of SVB’s assets, leaving it under the $250 billion threshold for enhanced supervision.

We are winning the battle of ideas. We have a long way to go before we win the politics.

Saudi Arabia is exploiting great-power competition to obtain security commitments from the U.S. This should be rejected.

Today on TAP: Can the Biden administration maximize its leverage—and speak with one voice?

The state will make and distribute insulin at cost. That should be a model for every other state.

But not just for the Stormy Daniels affair; the most corrupt president in American history has gotten away with far too much.

When bankers blow their businesses up, it’s no-questions-asked bailout time. When student borrowers need relief, not so much.

Today on TAP: And the decision was written by a Trump appointee, no less. Even this Supreme Court will be hard-pressed to disagree.

Harold Meyerson and Jarod Facundo discuss how reporting on unions has changed over the years.