Maureen Tkacik

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

DOGE’s Private-Equity Playbook

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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