Maureen Tkacik

Maureen Tkacik is the investigations editor at The American Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.

At the austerity pulpit: Former treasury secretary Larry Summers delivers the laudation for German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, the recipient of the 2017 Kissinger Prize, at the American Academy of Berlin.

Larry Summers, We Knew Ye Too Well Larry Summers, We Knew Ye Too Well

The former Harvard president and Treasury secretary has resigned over humiliating disclosures in the Epstein files. But will that be enough to keep an ardent neoliberal down?

Mar 2, 2026 / Maureen Tkacik

Elon Musk showcases his managerial philosophy at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month

DOGE’s Private-Equity Playbook DOGE’s Private-Equity Playbook

Elon Musk's rampage through the government is a classic PE takeover, replete with bogus numbers and sociopathic executives.

Mar 12, 2025 / Maureen Tkacik

Gladwell for Dummies Gladwell for Dummies

Malcolm Gladwell's success as a brand-name thinker rests on the assumption that the unexamined life is the only sort his readers could be living.

Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Maureen Tkacik

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