#economic_policy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #economic_policy, aggregated by home.social.
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US hits $38T in debt. Fastest accumulation of $1T outside pandemic
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-debt-ceiling-bessent-09575f13ca95c2f1beb38234b2cbe85b
#ycombinator #Scott_Bessent #Peter_Peterson #United_States_government #National_debt #General_news #United_States #Business #Washington_news #Economic_policy #Coronavirus #COVID_19_pandemic #Washington_News -
US economy shrank 0.5% in the first quarter, worse than earlier estimates
https://apnews.com/article/economy-tariffs-trump-gdp-shrink-86d1f15e66c646ac4ce88ffc0a956942
#ycombinator #Donald_Trump #Economy #U_S_Department_of_Commerce #International_trade #Economic_policy #General_news #Tariffs_and_global_trade #Economic_indicators #Business #Claudia_Sahm #U_S_news #U_S_News -
Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/
#ycombinator #Economic_Policy #tax_policy #Internal_Revenue_Service #corporate_power #lobbyists #Politics #Congress #Donald_Trump #Trump_transition #Daniel_Boguslaw -
Three Algorithms in a Room
https://prospect.org/economy/2024-06-05-three-algorithms-in-a-room/
#ycombinator #Economic_Policy #pricing #deregulation #airlines #rental_housing #meatpacking #Amazon #RealPage #corporate_power #antitrust #Justice_Department #Federal_Trade_Commission #Jun_2024_Issue #Luke_Goldstein -
Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers, small businesses
https://prospect.org/economy/2024-06-12-war-in-the-aisles/
#ycombinator #Economic_Policy #pricing #inflation #supermarkets #retail #small_business #corporate_power #monopoly #antitrust #digital_privacy #Jun_2024_Issue #Jarod_Facundo