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Trump gets his trade deal, China gets the win

China has suffered short-term pain from the trade war, but it stands to gain in the long term

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Elizabeth Warren’s bold ideas don’t go far enough

What America needs are policies to shape the direction of technological development and restore workers' bargaining power

By Daron Acemoglu

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Trump’s bad. Sadly, he’s not alone

How Washington's climate of confusion and cynicism allows Trump to prosper

By Maureen Dowd

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GDP is broken, but we can fix it

The statistics keep on rising, but they don’t track the well-being of most Americans. It's time for an adjustment

By David Leonhardt

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The day the Trump boom died

Last spring, Trump thought he had a clear path to re-election: the booming economy. What a difference a few months make

By Paul Krugman

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Does Trump want to be impeached?

Why the US President isn't stumbling backward toward impeachment, but might actually be eager for the fight

By Ross Douthat

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The Epstein suicide conspiracies

Each news cycle shows how our information system is poisoned

By Charlie Warzel

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It is not enough to condemn Trump’s racism

The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them

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The biggest threat to America is Us

If we fail, China, Russia and Iran won’t be to blame, argues NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman

By Thomas L. Friedman

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Racism comes out of the closet

Anyone who describes Trump as a ‘populist’ now had their moment of truth. He’s not a populist, he’s a white supremacist

By Paul Krugman