Paul Waldman
30 December 2016
29 December 2016
28 December 2016
27 December 2016
26 December 2016
23 December 2016
22 December 2016
What’s Good for Exxon Is Bad for the Country
Does Rex Tillerson know the difference between corporate imperatives and national interests?
Fred Kaplan
Fred Kaplan
21 December 2016
20 December 2016
19 December 2016
16 December 2016
14 December 2016
13 December 2016
12 December 2016
09 December 2016
08 December 2016
07 December 2016
06 December 2016
05 December 2016
02 December 2016
01 December 2016
30 November 2016
29 November 2016
Obama reckons with a Trump presidency
Inside a stunned White House, the President considers his legacy and America’s future.
David Remnick
David Remnick
28 November 2016
25 November 2016
24 November 2016
23 November 2016
22 November 2016
An Election Season Reminder That Voting Is Mathematically Flawed
There is no fair way of assessing a populations’ preferences when there are more than two candidates.
Evelyn Lamb
Evelyn Lamb
21 November 2016
‘We Are in for a Pretty Long Civil War’
"He has been making arguments that he can't possibly believe, on behalf of the man he can't possibly believe in." To them, Pence made a pact with the devil, and says Wehner, "There should be consequences for that."
Julia Ioffe
Julia Ioffe
18 November 2016
17 November 2016
16 November 2016
Republicans told their voters that politics is inherently evil. That stuck them with Trump.
Republicans set the stage for Trump not only by stoking Tea Party anger, but by convincing their constituents that the very idea of politics is repugnant, and only someone untainted by it could lead their party. And then they're amazed when the political neophyte they nominated turns out to have no idea what he's doing.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman
15 November 2016
14 November 2016
11 November 2016
10 November 2016
09 November 2016
08 November 2016
07 November 2016
04 November 2016
Term limits are a bad idea
It's a nice fantasy that what Washington needs is a bunch of good old-fashioned common sense — common sense that can only come from people who aren't "career politicians." But the machinery of government is now incredibly complex. And the more we cling to the fantasy of electing uncorrupted political neophytes as saviors, the more we empower the lobbyists and bureaucrats who can accumulate a lifetime of experience and knowledge.
Lee Drutman
Lee Drutman
There Is a Conspiracy to Rig the Election, and Donald Trump Is Part of It
Forget the lurid fiction about voter fraud. Trump and the GOP are openly attacking the legitimacy of black voting.
Jamelle Bouie
Jamelle Bouie
03 November 2016
02 November 2016
Donald Trump shows the opposite of “political correctness” isn’t free speech. It’s just different repression.
There was always, after all, something inherently weird about a man who requires non-disclosure agreements from every single campaign volunteer crusading as a defender of open and honest discourse.
Dara Lind
01 November 2016
31 October 2016
28 October 2016
27 October 2016
26 October 2016
25 October 2016
24 October 2016
21 October 2016
19 October 2016
18 October 2016
17 October 2016
14 October 2016
13 October 2016
12 October 2016
How Breitbart Conquered the Media
Political reporters were taken aback by Hillary Clinton’s charge that half of Trump’s supporters are prejudiced. Few bothered to investigate the claim itself.
11 October 2016
10 October 2016
07 October 2016
An Anniversary of Shame
Fifteen years after 9/11, we're still entangled in the bad decisions America made following the disaster. But some in the CIA say the whole thing could have been over in six months.
06 October 2016
05 October 2016
'We're the Only Plane in the Sky'
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
04 October 2016
03 October 2016
30 September 2016
29 September 2016
America's First Civil War
Alan Taylor’s new history poses the revolution as a battle inside America as well as for its liberty.
28 September 2016
27 September 2016
26 September 2016
What White Catholics Owe Black Americans
We were among the greatest beneficiaries of the American dream. It’s time to acknowledge that our dream was built on profits plundered from black women, men, and children.
Matthew J. Cressler
Matthew J. Cressler
23 September 2016
22 September 2016
21 September 2016
20 September 2016
19 September 2016
16 September 2016
15 September 2016
Two out of three ain’t bad
The Mundell-Fleming trilemma:
A fixed exchange rate, monetary autonomy and the free flow of capital are incompatible, according to the last in our series of big economic ideas
The Economist
A fixed exchange rate, monetary autonomy and the free flow of capital are incompatible, according to the last in our series of big economic ideas
The Economist
14 September 2016
13 September 2016
12 September 2016
09 September 2016
08 September 2016
07 September 2016
06 September 2016
There's a simple fix for Obamacare's current woes: the public option
Jacob Hacker
If we've learned anything from the news of Aetna's retaliatory withdrawal from the healthcare markets, it's that allowing these firms to remain in business in 2010 was a huge mistake.
If we've learned anything from the news of Aetna's retaliatory withdrawal from the healthcare markets, it's that allowing these firms to remain in business in 2010 was a huge mistake.
05 September 2016
02 September 2016
01 September 2016
31 August 2016
30 August 2016
26 August 2016
24 August 2016
23 August 2016
22 August 2016
19 August 2016
18 August 2016
17 August 2016
16 August 2016
15 August 2016
12 August 2016
11 August 2016
10 August 2016
09 August 2016
Secrets and agents
George Akerlof’s 1970 paper, “The Market for Lemons”, is a foundation stone of information economics. The first in our series on seminal economic ideas
08 August 2016
05 August 2016
04 August 2016
03 August 2016
02 August 2016
01 August 2016
29 July 2016
28 July 2016
27 July 2016
26 July 2016
25 July 2016
22 July 2016
21 July 2016
20 July 2016
Donald Trump told House Republicans he'd defend a nonexistent part of the Constitution
"Indifferent to the facts but not actively evil" is not the most rigorous bar you could judge a nominee against, but it looks like the one House Republicans are going with.
Dylan Matthews
Dylan Matthews
19 July 2016
18 July 2016
15 July 2016
14 July 2016
13 July 2016
12 July 2016
11 July 2016
08 July 2016
07 July 2016
06 July 2016
05 July 2016
04 July 2016
01 July 2016
30 June 2016
29 June 2016
28 June 2016
27 June 2016
24 June 2016
23 June 2016
22 June 2016
21 June 2016
20 June 2016
17 June 2016
The White Entitlement of Some Sanders Supporters
If you’re young, white and privileged, you don’t expect to lose. When you do, it must be because you got cheated. Blacks know better.
Barrett Holmes Pitner
Barrett Holmes Pitner
16 June 2016
15 June 2016
14 June 2016
13 June 2016
10 June 2016
08 June 2016
07 June 2016
How my job talking women out of abortions made me pro-choice
I started to see the pro-life movement as a means to maintain strict gender roles with women bound to home and family and disproportionately punished for unwanted pregnancies.
Susie Meister
Susie Meister
06 June 2016
03 June 2016
How the Bathroom Wars Shaped America
It’s not just North Carolina. Some of America’s great political struggles have pivoted around who uses which toilet.
Neil J. Young
Neil J. Young
02 June 2016
31 May 2016
30 May 2016
27 May 2016
26 May 2016
25 May 2016
24 May 2016
23 May 2016
20 May 2016
19 May 2016
18 May 2016
17 May 2016
16 May 2016
12 May 2016
11 May 2016
10 May 2016
09 May 2016
06 May 2016
05 May 2016
04 May 2016
03 May 2016
02 May 2016
29 April 2016
27 April 2016
26 April 2016
25 April 2016
22 April 2016
21 April 2016
20 April 2016
19 April 2016
18 April 2016
15 April 2016
14 April 2016
The $15 minimum wage sweeping the nation might kill jobs — and that’s okay
We don't evaluate other policies by insisting that they have zero effect on employment.
Lydia DePillis
Lydia DePillis
13 April 2016
Poor Whites Trashed
Why conservatives are talking about struggling white people the way they usually talk about black people.
Jamele Bouie
Jamele Bouie
12 April 2016
11 April 2016
08 April 2016
07 April 2016
06 April 2016
05 April 2016
04 April 2016
01 April 2016
31 March 2016
30 March 2016
#690: All In [audio]
We talk to a professional poker player who lost on the first day of poker's most famous tournament--but went on to get a huge payout. Turns out there's a game behind the game.
Planet Money
Planet Money
29 March 2016
28 March 2016
25 March 2016
24 March 2016
23 March 2016
The Axe Files: Eliot Spitzer [audio]
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer discusses his work as the Sheriff of Wall Street, his 2008 resignation, and his opinion of 2016 presidential contenders such as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
22 March 2016
Ted Cruz Is Stuck in the 1980s
You almost get the impression that the exceptionally bright Texas senator hasn’t had a new thought in decades.
Reihan Salam
Reihan Salam
21 March 2016
This might be Ted Cruz’s worst idea
Chicago professor Anil Kashyap went so far as to say that "love of the gold standard implies macroeconomic illiteracy."
Matt O'Brien
Matt O'Brien
18 March 2016
17 March 2016
16 March 2016
15 March 2016
14 March 2016
11 March 2016
The Whale That Nearly Drowned The Donald
How Trump schemed to win back millions from a high-rolling—and doomed—Japanese gambler.
Michael Crowley
Michael Crowley
10 March 2016
09 March 2016
08 March 2016
07 March 2016
04 March 2016
03 March 2016
02 March 2016
01 March 2016
29 February 2016
26 February 2016
25 February 2016
24 February 2016
23 February 2016
I'm from New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire primary has to go
By putting Iowa and New Hampshire first, the Democratic and Republican parties are effectively saying that disproportionate power and influence should go to a small group of overwhelmingly white people in rural areas and small cities. That influence shouldn't go to a state or region with a large Hispanic population. It shouldn't go to a state or region with a large black population. It shouldn't go to a state with large cities and a strong interest in urban issues. It should go to these people instead.
That does a profound disservice to the millions of Americans living in diverse, densely populated areas. Or, to put it more bluntly, it gives white people outsized power in determining nominees, and disenfranchises black, Hispanic, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans relatively speaking.
Dylan Matthews
That does a profound disservice to the millions of Americans living in diverse, densely populated areas. Or, to put it more bluntly, it gives white people outsized power in determining nominees, and disenfranchises black, Hispanic, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans relatively speaking.
Dylan Matthews
22 February 2016
19 February 2016
18 February 2016
17 February 2016
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
What Clinton is relearning in the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire is that there's nothing audacious about hope. Hope is the one commodity every voter wants to buy. It's pragmatism that you can't sell.
Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein
16 February 2016
The Republican establishment can fix its problems by picking a name out of a hat
In the language of game theory, this is a focal point problem. If all the establishment voters/donors could agree on one of the “establishment four” candidates, that candidate could be a viable competitor to Trump and Cruz. But establishment voters/donors are uncertain about which one of the four that will be — and so votes and money get split.
Joshua Tucker
Joshua Tucker
15 February 2016
12 February 2016
City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism [audio]
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama called America "the most powerful nation on Earth," saying, "When it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead—they call us." President Obama is hardly the first leader to talk about American exceptionalism. But just how "exceptional" is America? And why does it matter? In this episode of BackStory, we'll go behind the rhetoric to unpack the history and meaning of the term and assess the changing meanings of "American exceptionalism" over time.
BackStory
BackStory
11 February 2016
How to Talk to Bill Belichick
Do: Ask about the kicking game. Don’t: Ask him if he cares to elaborate on that.
Andrew Kahn and Josh Levin
Andrew Kahn and Josh Levin
09 February 2016
08 February 2016
Why we fight about Iran
The debates are so vicious because they're not really about Iran — they're about much deeper disputes.
Max Fisher
Max Fisher
05 February 2016
The Theory of Everything and Then Some
In complexity theory, physicists try to understand economics while sociologists think like biologists. Can they bring us any closer to universal knowledge?
David Auerbach
David Auerbach
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