Timothy Noah

Here in the United States, Republicans still fully intend to cut taxes. But they’ve largely stopped campaigning on it.

They can’t prosecute you for hiring away somebody else’s employee, but it’s a breach of contract for the employee if she violates a noncompete clause.

The Labor Department’s new rule will reverse a Trump-era edict and allow more workers to be classified as employees, not independent contractors. Pay up, Uber.

Tough talk about applying antitrust law against the oil cartel means nothing unless we follow through, and the time to do that isn’t now.

Tired: CEO pay is rising faster than share price. Wired: CEO pay is rising faster than the entire stock market.

The private-sector solution—unionization—is usually preferable to regulation. But the business lobby hates unions more than big government.

A strong dollar is bad for exports. But no one cares because these days our most favored export is … the dollar.

The site’s “brevity” is dumb and ugly, and, ironically, it slows me down.

The former Texas senator also thinks the rich pay way too much in taxes. No word yet on debtor’s prison.

The former Texas senator says income inequality is a myth. He couldn’t be more wrong, but I admire the old grouch for trying.

The former White House adviser has a new nonprofit dedicated to hindering Biden’s agenda.

Did you know that railroads are the most profitable industry sector in America? No, that’s not a good thing.

The British monarchy is a governmental anachronism, but as a capitalist enterprise, sadly, it may be the future.

The twentieth century promised prosperity and leisure for all. What went wrong?

It isn’t just that she’s a Trump appointee who’s hedging her bets. It’s also that special masters are unaccountable and undemocratic.

He’s a nice guy, and the unions like him. But he doesn’t have much of an agenda and doesn’t seem to want one.

Bernie Sanders got this right: We’ll have to make college free, or close to it.

The Buckeye State has grown redder and redder. The Democratic congressman could reverse that—and start to revive the Democrats’ working-class identity.

I won’t miss her politics, but I will miss her character.

The Democrats’ new tax-and-spending bill will punish stock buybacks. Not enough. But it’s a start.