Robert Reich is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He has served in three national administrations, including as Secretary…
Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece…
Angela Duckworth and Stephen Dubner listen to Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri,” an opera that may owe its remarkable creativity to Napoleon’s invasion of Italy. (Photo: Lucy Sutton) What your disgust level says about your politics,…
Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373)
In the U.S., median rent has doubled since the 1990’s, outpacing inflation. Politicians and the public think rent control is the solution. Spoiler alert: it’s not. (Photo: Caelie Frampton) As cities become ever-more expensive, politicians…
The Beer & Booze Company Behind Corona, Svedka…
Welcome to the Consumerist Archives Thanks for visiting Consumerist.com. As of October 2017, Consumerist is no longer producing new content, but feel free to browse through our archives. Here you can find 12 years worth…
Equal Pay Day is a reminder that you…
April 2nd is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country. The date represents how far into 2019 women would have to work…
New York Lawmakers Agree on Annual Budget, Keeping…
The Empire State building stands in the Manhattan skyline in New York, U.S. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Sign up for our new Stephanomics podcast. New York lawmakers began cementing their hard-fought budget by…
Is May Any Closer to Getting Parliament to…
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg As the third vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal approached, Conservative party whips dispatched ministers across the House of Commons to hunt down waverers they were friendly…
EU Moves on to Wargaming How to Reset…
Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, speaks during a news conference at a European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us…
Turkeys Economic Woes Hurt Erdogan as Local Elections…
A campaign poster featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in front of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum on March 15. The poster reads in Turkish: “Istanbul for us is a love story.” Photographer: Emrah Gurel/AP Photographer:…