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April 22, 2015
Naomi Shavin
Your Uber Driver Could Be Packing Heat, and You Wouldn't Know It
The company lets drivers carry guns. Lyft doesn't.
April 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Gods and Profits
How capitalism and Christianity aligned in modern America
April 15, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
We're Checking the Wrong "Privilege"
April 15, 2015
Danny Vinik
Raise Our Taxes. Please.
April 14, 2015
Danny Vinik
Low-Wage Workers Deserve Predictable Work Schedules
April 13, 2015
Danny Vinik
Republicans Are Doomed If They Take Political Advice From Conservative Economist Art Laffer
April 9, 2015
Danny Vinik
Ted Cruz Still Says Obamacare Killed Jobs. Has He Seen This Chart?
April 8, 2015
Danny Vinik
Why Obama Is Spurning Liberals With a Massive Trade Deal
Elizabeth Warren and labor unions hate it, but are their worries justified?
April 7, 2015
Danny Vinik
Is It Inequality or Mobility? Neither Economists nor GOP Candidates Can Decide.
April 7, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Wanted: Personal Assistant. Ivy League Degree Required.
April 3, 2015
Danny Vinik
Don't Take Kevin Spacey's Reckless Investment Advice
April 3, 2015
Danny Vinik
The March Jobs Report Was Surprising in Two Ways—One Good, One Bad
April 1, 2015
Danny Vinik
McDonald's Wage Hike Is Thanks to the Economy, Not the “Fight for $15”
March 31, 2015
Danny Vinik
Jay Z’s Streaming Music Service Makes No Economic Sense
March 31, 2015
Danny Vinik
The Minimum Wage Worker Fired for Talking to the Media Shows How Poorly America Treats Low-Income Workers
March 26, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Luxury Brands Are Status Symbols Only If You Can’t Afford Them
Why rich people are embracing minimalism, and the rest of us are Googling "Ralph Lauren"
March 20, 2015
Danny Vinik
Fracking Is Good for American Consumers
But we still need to account for the environmental costs
March 18, 2015
David Dayen
One Bank Is Finally on Trial for the Financial Crisis
March 18, 2015
Danny Vinik
Jeb Bush Almost Proposed Abolishing the Minimum Wage
March 16, 2015
Danny Vinik
Marco Rubio and Mike Lee's Tax Plan Is a Setback for Tax Reform

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