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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Plays Fast and Loose With the Facts. Should We Cut Her Any Slack?

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This Is a Great Time to Hike the Estate Tax, Because America’s Billionaires Are Getting Really, Really Old

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Today’s Huge Jobs Numbers Show that Donald Trump Has Been Right About the Fed

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Trump Is Reportedly Considering Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve. That’s Sad on So Many Levels.

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Jan 31, 2019 4:06 PM

Elizabeth Warren Is Proposing a Wealth Tax On Fortunes Larger Than $50 Million

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Why Taxing the Bejesus Out of the Rich Might Be Useful, Even if It Doesn’t Actually Raise Much Money

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Jan 23, 2019 8:14 AM

Student Debt Is Keeping Millennials From Buying Homes. But How Many?

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No, a Panel of Respected Economists Did Not Just Dismiss AOC’s 70 Percent Tax Plan

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The Philosophical Roots of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 70 Percent Tax Plan

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Jan 16, 2019 2:03 PM

The Limits of Tucker Carlson’s Anti–Free Market Vision

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Nobody Really Knows Why Apple Is Struggling in China

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Jan 04, 2019 2:05 PM

Apple Blew $9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock. There’s a Lesson Here.

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Why Is Harvard Investing in California Farmland?

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Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?

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In Turkey, Even the Volatile Bitcoin Looks Pretty Good Compared to the Lira

Sara Nasser

Dec 10, 2018 9:00 AM

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

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Dec 07, 2018 12:04 PM

Trump’s “Tariff Man” Rant Was Nonsense, but Thankfully an Actual Adult Is Leading Trade Talks With China

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Student Debt Forgiveness Is Really, Really Popular Among Democrats

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