The former president is shamelessly offering plutocrats like Elon Musk political favors for their support—and no longer promising to take on monopolists.
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Posted inPolitics
Building on Bidenomics
The president has done big things and is rightly boasting about them, but there’s more he can do to build public support for his government-forward ideas and new policies he can pursue to achieve progressive goals.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Don’t Blame Medicare for Rising Medical Bills, Blame Monopolies
For decades, hospitals have insisted that they charge the privately insured more to offset losses from Medicare patients. A health care regulator blows the whistle on that myth.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Home Is Where the Work Is
When I worked at the Washington Monthly in the 1980s, the most notable aspect of the office, aside from its shabbiness, was the almost total physical absence of the boss, founder and editor in chief Charles Peters. Pioneering in so many ways—his column, “Tilting at Windmills,” a collection of delightful, insightful, counter-conventional mini-essays, has often […]
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The New Gold Rush in Advertising Is Your Shopping List
Retail media is the next big threat from monopolists as they turn data into ad dollars, and Amazon isn’t the only predator out there.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
A New Vision for a Just Financial System
Out of the ashes of Silicon Valley Bank should come a stable banking system that truly serves the public.
Posted inPolitics
On Guns and Inflation, Republicans Ignore the Rest of the World
Republicans’ dopiest claims are disproved by other countries. No wonder they look away.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2022
To Fix the Supply Chain Mess, Take on Wall Street
Financiers bent on short-term profits are largely responsible for America’s shortage of semiconductors and other key materials. Before we offer them more subsidies, how about demanding some accountability?
Posted inPolitics
The Washington Monthly’s Groundbreaking Ideas and Reporting
From reviving the antitrust movement to exposing a Republican governor’s self-enrichment, this little magazine does it all.
Posted inNovember/December 2021
Can Biden Coop Up the Monopolies?
The administration and a bipartisan Congress want to bring relief to livestock farmers. Big Ag lobbyists want to stop them.
