What is the market for an op-ed by a rich white woman talking about escaping the European heat wave in her own personal cave and why did the New York Times see fit to publish it? My air-conditioning i
I’m in Mexico City for the month. Because of the problems of Mexico generally, lots of people forget that Mexico City is a genuinely world class city. Among the many things it has going for it i
Yes, unemployment rates are low. There are jobs for most people who want them. But this has not really budged the national worry over income inequality and the widespread belief that the economy does
Most every “rule” in economics is half-baked and this whole Vox article about why rising productivity hasn’t led to rising wages is an example of the problem. It notes: This is not t
Allow me to build upon Scott’s post below to think briefly about what Amazon pulling out of New York means for modern progressive politics. To say the least, the obsequiousness of city officials
Good times abound. But I have to say, I appreciate it when revolutionaries get jobs reporting on the life of the rich, radicalizing us all toward revolution. Expensive yachts that double as floating a
The Smithsonian Museum of American History is a complete disaster. Ever since the Enola Gay exhibit became a center of conservative culture war resentment in the 1990s, the Smithsonian has been petrif
Above: General Electric president Gerald Swope David Leonhart had a piece in the Times yesterday that repeats a commonly-held notion about the mid-century American economy: that CEO’s were kindl