Recent articles
May 24, 2026
Curing US Healthcare, Part III: The Future
What reform could look like
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May 23, 2026
Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson
A recording from Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson's live video
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May 22, 2026
A Whiff of Stagflation
Consumer confidence hits a new low — but that's not the number that should worry you
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May 22, 2026
Bezos, Backlash and Zombies
What we can learn from an unintentionally revealing interview
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May 21, 2026
Challenging the Narrative of European Decline: Revised, Free Repost
I do not think that word “productivity” means what people think it means
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May 20, 2026
From Dropping Bombs to Dropping Bonds
The economic costs of the Iran debacle keep rising
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May 19, 2026
The Looting of America
MAGA corruption reaches the point of no return
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May 18, 2026
Europe Versus America: A Wonkish Data Follow-up
More numbers, same story
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May 18, 2026
A Tale of Thucydides
China shouldn’t worry — Trump is too weak and unfocused to be a threat
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May 17, 2026
Challenging the Narrative of European Decline, Continued
I do not think that word “productivity” means what people think it means
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May 16, 2026
G. Elliott Morris on Vibes and the Midterms
The political scene after redistricting
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May 15, 2026
My President Went to China, and All I Got Was Even More Expensive Gasoline
Higher oil exports hurt most Americans
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May 14, 2026
Why Did Trump Take Elon Musk to China?
Corruption pervades everything this administration does
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May 14, 2026
A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi
Why China has contempt for Donald Trump
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May 13, 2026
The Apotheosis of Willful Ignorance
All of this was predictable and predicted
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May 12, 2026
What Happens When Americans Realize How Miserable We Are?
Life is about more than GDP
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May 12, 2026
Modeling the US-Europe Paradox (Very Wonkish)
A brief, incomprehensible technical note
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May 11, 2026
Remember Tariffs?
The Iran war isn't the only big, illegal, stupid policy
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May 11, 2026
Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Usher in Genuine Populism?
The tech bros are worse than the robber barons ever were — and voters are catching on
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May 10, 2026
Is Europe in Economic Decline?
Interrogating the conventional wisdom that Europe is lagging America
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May 9, 2026
Day Off
For real, probably
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May 8, 2026
Unlocked Repost: Curing U.S. Health Care, Part I
America doesn’t have to be like this
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May 7, 2026
The Super-Rich are Different from You and Me
They're pettier and more self-centered than most of us can imagine
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May 7, 2026
Grand Theft Oil Futures
Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense
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May 6, 2026
MAGA Will Kill Many Americans
Greed, willful ignorance and mortality
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May 5, 2026
Don't Cry for Jeff Bezos's Yacht
He's selling it to avoid attention. Good.
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May 5, 2026
Trump Is Losing a Second War
The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
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May 4, 2026
The Death Star Administration
Doubling down on big and stupid
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May 3, 2026
Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II
How we got to Obamacare
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May 2, 2026
How Trump Screwed Himself
Talking with Greg Sargent
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