Timothy Noah

@TimothyNoah1

We ought to be living in a country where service employees are paid a decent wage. Until that day arrives—tip, and tip generously.

Inherited wealth may keep the Fed from giving us a soft landing.

No wonder Joe Biden is licking his chops. We can only hope House Republicans are this stupid.

American liberals’ enthusiasm for parliamentary governance was dwindling already. This should finish it off.

Trump lost the election, but he raised $250 million to fight it. And the $100,000 of it that went to Melania’s fashion designer is only the beginning.

It wasn’t great, but the 1970s did not return, and in 2023 the economic indicator we’ll be talking about will be unemployment.

It’s that time of year when bosses look at their balance sheets and send employees packing. Legally, they don’t even have to explain why—and usually, they don’t.

In his 1854 book “Hard Times,” the great British novelist satirized the utilitarian underpinnings of the Effective Altruist movement.

He’s up there, no doubt. But there are many kinds of bad bosses, and Musk is only one. Well, two.

A recent story shows it’s a racket. Because it’s taxpayer-funded through Medicare, it shouldn’t be too hard to end it.

The Democrats should have pushed the Hawkeye State to the back of the line decades ago.

Most of them have worse AFL-CIO lifetime scores than their GOP colleagues.

Imposing a contract via legislation that was rejected by union rank and file is a gift to railroad barons.

He doesn’t even know why he wants to put the homeland security chief on trial. Neither does McCarthy’s rival for the speakership, Representative Andy Biggs.

Life at the economy’s bottom-most rung is no fun. When you go holiday shopping, please be patient and kind.

Yes, Ticketmaster takes advantage of its monopoly. But the real problem is dynamic pricing.

The most distinctive characteristic of E.A.? The deftness with which it tiptoes past targets likely to offend billionaires.

OK, it’s not the coal mines. But you try getting by paying 60 percent of your income in rent.

There’s even a growing possibility we can avoid a recession.

The slippage is among nonwhite voters. But don’t despair: Union households, after stumbling in 2016, got back their Democratic mojo.