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David Leonhardt

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Uganda New York Times opinion
16 Mar 2019
Bill Clinton had a consequential presidency when it came to the economy. He brought down the Reagan-era deficits, helping spark the strongest economic boom in decades, and he made the tax code more progressive.
Elizabeth warren actually wants to fix capitalism
Uganda New York Times opinion
11 Mar 2019
Last week, while attending an economics conference in Washington, I discovered one particularly clear sign of the economy’s struggles — namely, that it keeps performing worse than the experts have predicted.
The experts keep getting the economy wrong
Uganda New York Times opinion
4 Mar 2019
And yet there are also risks in the Democrats’ move to the left — risks that the sillier criticisms of the party’s new progressivism sometimes obscure.
A dose of moderation would help Democrats
Uganda New York Times opinion
25 Feb 2019
On one side are people who argue that the bourgeois professional class — essentially, households with incomes in the low-to-mid six figures but without major wealth — is not so different from the middle class and poor.
How the upper middle class is really doing
Uganda New York Times opinion
18 Feb 2019
At this point, the adult announces some ground rules. To receive a cupcake, the children will have to compete with one another. The adult will accept cash or other objects of value. Praise for the adult’s kindness would also be welcome.
New York did us all a favor by standing up to Amazon
Uganda New York Times opinion
11 Feb 2019
It was a rout. About 56 percent preferred the more electable candidate, compared with 33 percent who picked the more ideologically in-sync candidate.
Trump's nightmare opponents
Uganda New York Times opinion
4 Feb 2019
<em>The exact size of the checks will depend on a family’s income, but a typical middle-class household will hand over $15,000 each year. This plan, I promise all of you, will create the greatest version of America that has ever existed.</em>
What's really radical? Not taxing the rich