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Economists
Trade Deficit Swelling Under Trade Warrior Trump If, as the president believes, trade balances separate “winners” from “losers,” America is in growing trouble.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 30, 2016
Dems Need Better Answers for the Working Class To counter the rising tide of right-wing populism, Democrats need to stop pushing higher education as the one true path to economic security.
By Eric Levitz
marketplaces
Feb. 18, 2014
By Maggie Lange
great minds
Apr. 21, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
early and often
Nov. 19, 2010
This Is What Ben Bernanke Looks Like When He’s ‘Taking Aim’ The Federal Reserve chairman really gave it to China today.
By Jessica Pressler
revenge of the nerds
June 9, 2010
Economist Edward Hugh Gets His Close-up Another little-known economist is is having his fifteen minutes.
By Jessica Pressler
cruel summers
Mar. 26, 2010
By Jessica Pressler
the geithnerator
Mar. 8, 2010
What Does Not Kill Tim Geithner Makes Him Stronger How the Treasury secretary is coping with being hated.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Oct. 12, 2009
Two Other Americans Win Nobel Prizes These two economists have even been grappling with some of the same problems as the most recent American Nobel winner! But the reaction will probably be, shall we say, different.
By Chris Rovzar
out of the mouths of babes
July 6, 2009
Lydia Hearst Calls for an End to the Cycle of Blame The heiress says what Barack Obama should have said ages ago.
By Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
Apr. 28, 2009
Five Things We Learned From the New Yorker Profile of Peter Orszag Obama’s budget director reveals information about the inner workings of Obama’s brain trust.
By Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
Dec. 4, 2008
By Jessica Coen
Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Prize for Economics The ‘Times’ columnist wins laurels for his work on international trade and economic geography.
By Chris Rovzar