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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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December 15, 2023
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That Insufferable Billionaire Tyrannizing Harvard Enriches Himself by Tyrannizing the Bond Market
Meet Bill Ackman, the perfect embodiment of America’s growing oligarch scourge.
December 11, 2023
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Why the “Rich-cession” Is Another Triumph for Bidenomics
Bad news for trust-fund brats and credit card companies is good news for everyone else.
December 8, 2023
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Biden to Big Pharma: Gouge Prices and We’ll Snatch Your Patents
Under a 43-year-old law, the feds can revoke drug patents if the company acts against the public interest. Will Biden be the first to try?
December 5, 2023
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A New Way to Stop Trump: Boycott the Son of a Bitch
The needle is in the red zone. It’s time to try things we’d never try under normal circumstances.
December 4, 2023
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The Next Supreme Court Danger: Trashing One-Third of the Tax Code
It would bring chaos. But don’t take my word for it. Ask Paul Ryan.
December 1, 2023
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The GOP Showed Again How Anti-Worker It Really Is
At congressional hearings where they think only their big donors are watching, they blurt out the truth.
November 24, 2023
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Remembering Charlie Peters
The former Washington Monthly editor, who died on Thursday, was the last of the New Deal liberals.
November 22, 2023
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The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
November 21, 2023
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Unions Are Finally Going Where the Money Is
A handful of Wells Fargo workers in Alaska and New Mexico are breaking new ground for the labor movement.
November 17, 2023
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This Is Biden’s Soft Landing, and He Deserves Some Credit
The last time this happened, voters didn’t credit Bill Clinton. That may be a bad omen, or a good one.
November 10, 2023
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Let’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised
The G.I. Bill created a prosperous middle class that was altogether too white.
November 7, 2023
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The Real Cause of ESG’s Big Crash
Republican governments across America have passed anti-ESG bills, but that’s not why the investment principle has fallen out of favor.
October 26, 2023
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Thank You, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for Flagging Biden Labor Policies You Hate
The organization’s whining makes it clear: Biden’s labor record is better than you (or anyway, I) knew.
October 23, 2023
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Umm, GOP: When Did You Become the Pro–Child Labor Party?
More than Republicans hate Democrats, they love children working long hours at dangerous jobs.
October 19, 2023
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Hello, Left. Now Do You Believe There’s Cancel Culture?
There’s plenty to deplore when some on the left coddle Hamas. But harassing people you disagree with is no substitute for debate.
October 16, 2023
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The Work That Didn’t Win Claudia Goldin Her Nobel Is Great Too
The Harvard economist’s legacy is her economic history of women in the workforce. But her work on income inequality was also pathbreaking.
October 12, 2023
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The Self-Destruction of Hamas
The militant group’s acts of terror have united a divided Israel against them.
October 9, 2023
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How Amazon Keeps Workers’ Pay Low
New evidence that when Amazon comes to town, warehouse wages go down.
October 5, 2023
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Who Did in Kevin McCarthy? Maybe Not Gaetz. Maybe Not Even Trump.
James Carville thought the bond vigilantes controlled the world. He just may have been right.
October 3, 2023
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Lina Khan vs. Amazon: Excessive Bigness Has Got to Stop
The FTC chair’s bold move against her longtime bête noire sends the right message at a vulnerable moment for corporate mergers.

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