Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/02/donald-trumps-politics-of-plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
Related:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/opinion/trump-corruption.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/america-kleptocracy-trump-musk-corruption/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/02/donald-trumps-politics-of-plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
Related:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/opinion/trump-corruption.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/america-kleptocracy-trump-musk-corruption/
American Exceptionalism Meets Its Maker
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-damaging-pillars-of-american-economic-dominance-by-barry-eichengreen-2025-05
A transactional president has revealed the US to be a transactional society, where the highest returns accrue to rent seeking and cronyism, not to initiative and innovation. Sooner or later, productivity growth will become a casualty.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-damaging-pillars-of-american-economic-dominance-by-barry-eichengreen-2025-05
A transactional president has revealed the US to be a transactional society, where the highest returns accrue to rent seeking and cronyism, not to initiative and innovation. Sooner or later, productivity growth will become a casualty.
Silicon Valley’s New Hold on Washington
https://www.wsj.com/politics/tech-silicon-valley-government-influence-70b43ca6
See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/tech-silicon-valley-government-influence-70b43ca6
See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions.
Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/trump-qatar-jet-plane.html
The second Trump administration is blowing through limits on the mixing of public office and personal benefits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/trump-qatar-jet-plane.html
The second Trump administration is blowing through limits on the mixing of public office and personal benefits.
The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-qatar-emoluments-clause-constitution/
The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.
CREW is tracking Trump’s unprecedented corruption (again)
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/crew-is-tracking-trumps-unprecedented-corruption-again/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-qatar-emoluments-clause-constitution/
The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.
CREW is tracking Trump’s unprecedented corruption (again)
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/crew-is-tracking-trumps-unprecedented-corruption-again/
U.S. slips to new low in international corruption index
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/us-record-low-international-corruption-index
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/us-record-low-international-corruption-index