An economist’s apology for his generation

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

from Washington and beyond

Private equity’s tentacles reach nearly every aspect of our lives, and it’s making everything worse.

As if dodgy oligarchs and shifty tax cheats didn’t have enough help hiding their ill-gotten gains, your state government may have stepped up to join the con.

Workers in Maine, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., are campaigning to end the disparities between those who earn tips and other jobs.

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

Unhoused Angelenos have become a political football just as pandemic-era programs that offered effective interventions are set to expire.

He’s blocked a bill to make it easier for farm workers to organize. Now Democrats are worried he’ll do the same for a bill to improve working conditions in fast food.

There are an untold number of borrowers who deserve some targeted relief of their own.

As the city prepares for the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics two years later, longtime residents are being forced out.

The federal government is pretty good at handling the unique problems of seniors. Why don't we do the same for parents and kids?

Efforts to diversify the industry might be having the opposite effect. And although puzzles are an important part of The New York Times’ business strategy, only a handful of people actually make a living from crosswords.

The simplest way to fight global warming and injustice at the same time would be for the world’s richest countries to end the vicious debt cycle that forces poor countries to exploit natural resources.

A new report on corporate excess shows how the explosion of stock buybacks is exacerbating economic inequality.

We heard Democrats were having “messaging” problems. Here’s a solution.

The franchise model makes hurting workers inevitable.

Of course not. But that’s what they make as they profit from the inflation that’s hurting the middle class.

There was once a thriving Black middle class based on farm ownership. But during the twentieth century, the USDA helped erase that source of wealth.

Howard Schultz, Starbucks’s returning CEO, says the coffee chain is getting into scammy NFTs. But that’s nothing compared to the scam that corporations have been pulling on workers for decades now.