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Timothy Noah

Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.

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October 17, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Media’s Both-Sides Brigade Is Wrong About a Covid-19 Stimulus Deal
Saving unemployment benefits isn’t worth it if we have to sell out frontline workers.
October 7, 2020
Timothy Noah
Our President Is Literally Toxic
Will political rhetoric ever recover from Donald Trump’s habit of rendering plain all of the metaphors used to describe him?
October 2, 2020
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Trump’s “Greatest Recovery in History” Is Wheezing Out
The president’s magical economic thinking is no match for the stark realities of the pandemic he never attempted to address.
September 22, 2020
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Why We Can’t Ignore McConnell’s Hypocrisy
Its obviousness shows Republicans no longer even try to persuade.
September 16, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Good Life That Keynes Promised America Got Stolen
A new study shows in electrifying terms the extent to which 45 years of income inequality destroyed the prosperity we should all be enjoying.
September 11, 2020
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Trump’s OSHA Is Fining Companies Pennies for Pandemic Violations
America’s workplace watchdog has been largely AWOL during the most significant public health crisis in our lifetime.
September 3, 2020
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Wall Street’s Greedy Indifference to Human Misery
The disparity between the soaring stock market and struggling Americans perfectly epitomizes the country’s grotesque inequality.
August 28, 2020
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Larry Kudlow’s Economic Hallucinations
Trump’s chief economic adviser claims that stagnation, recession, and pessimism are all in the past. The numbers prove otherwise.
August 24, 2020
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Trump’s Incredible Ignorance of Suburbia
The president sees suburban America as a bastion of white affluence—an outdated view that could cost him the election.
July 29, 2020
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Congress Has the “Dumbest Idea Ever” for the Unemployed
With jobless Americans nearing the edge of the cliff, lawmakers are preparing to give them all a little push.
July 27, 2020
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For a Glimpse of the Republican Party After Trump, Look to California
The birthplace of the conservative movement is now no Golden State for the GOP.
July 10, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Two Sides of Biden’s Economic Plan
On paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats.
July 2, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Democrats’ Dumb Idea to Cut Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
This week’s job numbers demonstrate that this is no time to compromise with Mitch McConnell.
June 24, 2020
Timothy Noah
How to Fix America’s Broken Guest-Worker System
Trump’s suspension of visa programs is the perfect opportunity to reimagine them entirely.
June 17, 2020
Timothy Noah
Trump Is Losing His Hold on the Senior Vote
America’s gerontocratic voters helped put the president in office, but the latest polls show their affections are shifting.
June 11, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Black Wage Gap Matters
The grim state of racial economic inequality should sicken our consciences.
June 5, 2020
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Donald Trump Is Celebrating the Wrong Economic Accomplishment
The president wants credit for a largely illusory blip of improvement in the job market. He should be going all-in on the $600 sweeteners.
May 29, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Trump Administration Has Abandoned Worker Safety at the Worst Moment
Despite the pandemic, OSHA is refusing to enforce a rule that protects employees from fatal hazards.
April 1, 2013
Timothy Noah
Everyone's a Queen
The Republicans' rapidly expanding definition of welfare
March 22, 2013
Timothy Noah
Political Science in the Crosshairs
Republicans defund academic studies whose lessons they don't want to learn

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