Matthew Zeitlin
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New York, NY, United States
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How FTX played both parties and almost won Washington
Inside the crypto giant’s year-long campaign to shape regulation. → Read More
The US government finally figured out how to help average Americans during an economic crisis. And then it all fell apart.
The massive aid bill passed by Congress actually helped Americans. Then political squabbles and GOP stonewalling killed a much-needed follow up. → Read More
Everyone is focusing on the wrong problem with the PPP program
It's not a failing of the PPP that some larger companies got money. The problem is there needs to be more money. → Read More
There’s One Way We Really Are “at War” With the Coronavirus
Confronting it requires state-corporate intervention on a scale not seen since World War II. → Read More
The push by Warren and Sanders to rid the government of Wall Street alums could end up being a mistake
The desire of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to rid the Federal Reserve and financial-regulation roles of Wall Street alums is shortsighted. → Read More
A Former Ambassador on Why Ivanka Doesn’t Belong in Meetings With World Leaders
“Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think she works on foreign policy.” → Read More
Bernie’s Red Vermont
How Sanders’s brand of American socialism emerged from the crucible of the Green Mountain State’s squabbling counterculture → Read More
Alan Krueger’s Radical Empiricism
Remembering the Princeton economist who pioneered the study of the minimum wage. → Read More
Bernie Has Feelings, Too!
Democrats have borrowed liberally from Sanders' policy book. The one thing they can't claim? His life story. → Read More
Gig Workers Are Falling Into the Payday Loan Trap – Member Feature Stories –
Earnin, a popular payday loan app, shows how the startup economy has more in common with traditional banking than you might hope. → Read More
7.0 Earthquake Rattles Buildings, Fractures Roads in Anchorage
At least 10 smaller earthquakes struck the area Friday as well. → Read More
Trump-Putin G-20 Meeting May or May Not Happen, and May or May Not Be Scheduled
The Russian government theorized that the last-minute cancellation has nothing to do with Ukraine. → Read More
Look at All the Times Trump Denied Having Any Business Dealings With Russia
His former attorney has told Robert Mueller the Trump Organization was still pursuing a Moscow real estate deal in summer 2016. → Read More
Trump Floats a Pardon for Manafort and Reportedly Denies Foreknowledge of WikiLeaks Dump or Trump Tower Meeting
This takes place after Manafort's cooperation deal with Mueller blew up for allegedly lying. → Read More
ICE Nominee Might Be in Trouble Because He Compared Trump to Lovable Scamp Dennis the Menace
A bunch of unions representing ICE workers pointed out the 2016 tweet and added it to a list of things giving them "serious concern" about Ronald Vitiello. → Read More
White House Threatens GM’s Electric Car Subsidies in Retaliation for Plant Closures and Layoffs
Trading in GM stock immediately took a hit. → Read More
Roger Stone Buddy Jerome Corsi Claims to Have Joint Defense Agreement With Trump
Corsi says he won’t plead guilty on perjury charge in Mueller probe but received limited immunity for detailing "cover story" he concocted for Stone. → Read More
New NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Mars, Celebrates With a Tweet and Photo
InSight will conduct research on Mars' seismic activity and try to understand the planet's metallic core. → Read More
Trump Inherited Obama’s Drone War and Made It Bigger
Looser rules of engagement have meant more strikes in places in like Yemen. → Read More
GM to Lay Off More Than 10,000 Workers, Close Five North American Plants
Trump's steel tariffs haven't helped. → Read More