The president’s parade of ad hoc deals with companies benefits his political allies and punishes enemies, but doesn’t enhance national greatness.
CHIPS Act
Posted inPolitics
In Defense of Everything-Bagel Liberalism
Critics warned that the Biden administration put so many conditions on the grants it offered to semiconductor manufacturers that the centerpiece of its industrial policy would fail. Those conditions turned out to be key to the program’s success.
Posted inEconomy
Kamala Harris’s Policy Agenda Kneecapped Her Chances
The forward-leaning ideas and past accomplishments that the defeated Democrat could have emphasized.
Posted inEconomy
State of the Union Reminder: Economic Policies Can Revive the Heartland and Save Democracy
At the State of the Union, he’ll rightly champion the CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and others. They are also the best protection against Trumpism here and abroad.
Posted inMagazine
Need a New Economic Vision? Gotcha Covered
The American Promise isn’t looking too promising to a lot of Americans. Many young people, especially those with a college education, think the country is basically irredeemable. In their view, it was founded on racism, sexism, and genocidal colonialism, and all the Framers’ fine words about equality of opportunity are sick jokes played on marginalized […]
