Taxpayers Are About to Subsidize a Lot More Sports Stadiums
You would think that three decades’ worth of evidence would put an end to giving taxpayer money to wealthy sports owners. Unfortunately, you would be wrong.
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Why Your Vet Bill Is So High
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The Inflation Plateau
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Freedom for the Wolves
Neoliberal orthodoxy holds that economic freedom is the basis of every other kind. That orthodoxy, a Nobel economist says, is not only false; it is devouring itself.
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing
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The Paradox of the American Labor Movement
It’s a great time to be in a union—but a terrible time to try to start a new one.
There’s No Easy Answer to Chinese EVs
Supercheap electric cars or an American industrial renaissance: Pick one.
Welcome to Pricing Hell
The ubiquitous rise of add-on fees and personalized pricing has turned buying stuff into a game you can’t win.
The Myth of the Mobile Millionaire
The notion that rich taxpayers will flee if the state comes for their money is mostly fiction.
Right-Wing Media Are in Trouble
The flow of traffic to Donald Trump’s most loyal digital-media boosters isn’t just slowing; it’s utterly collapsing.