Economy and Business
There’s No ‘Great American Comeback’
Trump is counting on the working class he’s betraying most aggressively. Can the left get out of suburbia and back to its roots?
A Cruel Attack on the Disabled
You might have missed it amid the impeachment coverage, but the president is reintroducing catastrophic Reagan-era disability cuts.
Starting a Business Is Hard. Discrimination Makes It Harder.
I know firsthand that the idealistic view of entrepreneurship is not the reality that most of us experience.
America’s Rich Refugee Crisis
The prospect of a 2 percent tax on wealth over $50 million has rich Americans considering expatriating.
Trump’s EPA Is a Huge Cancer Risk
Industry-friendly regulators are letting chemical companies flood the country with toxins. It should be a scandal.
Adult in the Room
Greta Thunberg teaches Davos a lesson.
Rich and Clueless? Buy a $500,000 Armored Car
If you’ve got more money than you can spend, you can spend your extra wealth on… guarding your extra wealth.
‘Little Women’ and the American Attitude Toward Poverty
We’ve advanced beyond Little Women’s 19th century gender roles. Let’s get past its outdated moralizing about poverty, too.
The Court Ruling That Sold Our Democracy
Ten years after Citizens United, the damage is broad and deep — but we can still fix it.
How Do Billionaires Make Money? By Having Money Already
The world’s billionaires don’t grow their bank accounts with hard work. Their money does the work for them.