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Soaking the very rich makes good economic sense

I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already serving a valuable purpose. The thought of having a young, teleg...

DATE: Jan 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Democrats have golden choices now for president

A few years ago, when I was self-employed and had recently had my second child, my husband went combing through my credit card statements, looking for tax deductions that I’d missed. ...

DATE: Jan 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Useless knowledge can beget brand new horizons

In October 1939, as Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin were plunging the world into war, an American educational reformer named Abraham Flexner published an essay in Harper’s Magazine under the ma...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Here’s how a Green New Deal could be practical

Let’s be honest with ourselves: The new Democratic majority in the House won’t be able to enact new legislation. I’ll be astonished if there are bipartisan deals on anything impor...

DATE: Jan 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Trump 2019

In this dark time of the year, usually a pretty slow period for politics, I like to write a column cataloging my errors of analysis and prognostication from the previous 365 days (or sometim...

DATE: Jan 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

It’s the year of the wolf – and not in any good way

In Willa Cather’s novel “My Antonia,” there are two kind Russian farmers named Peter and Pavel who have settled on the Nebraska prairie. On his deathbed, Pavel tells the story of ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Awards for long-form ideas journalism, continued

In her essay “ In one striking part of the essay, which appeared in The Atlantic, Julian shows that fewer young people are having the kind of relationships that lead to sex. In 1995, 74 per...

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

No one deserves citizenship

On what moral grounds can we deny others rights, privileges and opportunities that we did not earn ourselves?

DATE: Dec 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trump is bad for Israel – and the entire Mideast

Suppose you’re the type of smart conservative reluctantly inclined to give Donald Trump a pass for his boorish behavior and ideological heresies because you like the way the economy is going...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Best of 2018 long-form journalism about ideas

At the end of every year I give out the Sidney Awards to celebrate and recommend great examples of long-form journalism. I do it so that we can step out of the daily rush of event...

DATE: Dec 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

America! Here is your case for practical socialism

I’ve had several interviews lately in which I was asked whether capitalism had reached a dead end, and needed to be replaced with something else. I’m never sure what the interview...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Good tidings: There’s a new center being born

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about America’s future? I’m optimistic. I say that because there have been many moments in our history when old ideas and old arrangements stoppe...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

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