David and writing fellow Emma Janssen discuss their contributions to the Prospect’s weeklong series on affordability.

Fewer streaming options, or a streaming landscape where two of the three largest outlets have the same corporate parent, ...

But there have been plenty of other extreme weather events during Trump’s second term—from severe winter storms to tornadoes ...

Even if he gains control of the Fed, monetary policy can only do so much—and Trump rejects other policies that could cut the high cost of living and improve growth.

You’re in a stadium or an airport or a movie theater, and you head to the concession stand. You know that you’ll pay through the nose—$9.47 for a water and a little bag of hard pretzels, $22.89 for a ...

Middlemen, our economy’s most shadowy characters, sit in between buyers and sellers and get rich in the process. It can even be a matter of life or death.

You’re more interested in staying out late with Oprah and Bill Gates at Kris Jenner’s birthday party than being by my side when I get sick. When my landlord evicted me from my house for having an ...

USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money ...

Regulatory capture is at the root of the affordability crisis in electricity. Public power could offer a way out.

Thanksgiving is a time of unexpected holiday travel, but Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) had no idea that he would spend Monday sitting ...

We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.

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