A Local Issue, Housing, Joins the Presidential Campaign
Plus: Criticizing the Fed’s rate cut, the woman who’s leading XBox and an update on Yosemite’s woes.
Housing affordability is something California cities like San Jose have wrestled with for some time.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergHousing has traditionally been a city or state issue in politics, but Vice President Kamala Harris has been touting ideas for improving affordability as she campaigns for the presidency. Businessweek editor Laura Bliss writes about how we got here. Plus: The perils of a Fed rate cut this close to the election, the future of Microsoft’s Xbox and more safety problems at Yosemite National Park. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.
The modern US electorate is fickle when it comes to screening résumés for president. Some candidates are compelling enough that they require zero time in elected office to win the White House. For others, certain forms of executive leadership experience—ostensibly useful—seem to be a liability.