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David Leonhardt

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The New York Times opinion
17 Aug 2024
New York in the 1950s holds a special place in the consciousness of sports fans. For many people, it’s the answer to a question: If you could have grown up as a fan at any time and in any place, what would you choose?
The New York Times opinion
9 Oct 2021
For Americans under the age of 40, the 21st century has resembled one long recession.
The New York Times opinion
11 Jul 2021
The presidential oath of office contains 35 words and one core promise: to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Since virtually the moment Donald Trump took that oath two years ago, he has been violating it.
The New York Times opinion
12 Apr 2021
Young or old? Female or male? White, black or Latino? The first stage of the 2020 presidential campaign — the jockeying stage — is underway, and Democrats are trying to figure out who the ideal candidate is.
The New York Times opinion
1 Apr 2019
Peter Georgescu — a refugee-turned-CEO who recently celebrated his 80th birthday — feels deeply grateful to his adopted country.
A CEO who's scared for America
The 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
The New York Times opinion
21 Jan 2019
When I’ve spoken to people from other countries over the past couple of weeks, they have been shocked that Americans have not begun protesting the shutdown in large numbers.
The shutdown shows the weakness of the resistance
The New York Times opinion
14 Jan 2019
The candidates best positioned to beat Clinton, or at least sharpen her, had passed on the race, like Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden.
Run, Joe, Run
The New York Times opinion
7 Jan 2019
Without a significant improvement in President Donald Trump’s standing, he would be a big underdog in 2020.
Trump the vulnerable