Economics

How "Populist" Tax-Hiker Edwards Will Save Us from "Income Inequality"

12/27/2007 3:24 PM ET
Economics reporter David Leonhardt takes a shine to Edwards' "populist" (not liberal?) tax-raising rhetoric at the expense of Republican Mitt Romney.

This Christmas -- the Gift of Balanced Reporting

12/19/2007 4:16 PM ET
Sometimes the media get the story right. BMI highlights the 'good' news from 2007.

The Times Continues to Fret Over Recession Fears

12/9/2007 7:55 PM ET
Gloomy Peter Goodman: "The nation gained a modest 94,000 jobs in November...pulling back considerably from the previous month in the clearest sign yet that the American economy was headed for a ...

"Ailing Economy"? What Ailing Economy?

12/4/2007 11:34 AM ET
Peter Goodman got front-page play for his report on an "ailing economy" "imperiled by the crumbling housing market." But 3rd quarter GDP was 4.9%, highest in four years.

Busted: Krugman vs. Krugman on Social Security

11/27/2007 1:53 PM ET
Is Social Security in trouble or not? For alleged economist Paul Krugman, it depends on whether a Democrat or Republican is saying it. A liberal columnist for the Washington Post zaps him with his ...

Talking Around Rangel's Big Tax Hike

10/25/2007 4:12 PM ET
The Times manages not to spell out precisely where Rangel's tax-hike proposal would begin to bite on "the wealthy."

Matthews Takes GOP 'Economic Issue' Debate to Iraq and Beyond

10/9/2007 7:57 PM ET
Moderator helped push discussion into non-economic concerns including bin Laden and policing Internet.

Lou Dobbs, "Heir to the Nativist Tradition" Against Mexicans

5/31/2007 8:42 AM ET
David Leonhardt fact-checks the CNN anchor with a vengeance - but could the Times itself withstand similar scrutiny?

"Housing Slump" Not So Scary After All?

4/10/2007 12:41 PM ET
Slate magazine argues: "The NYT confidently headlines its lead, 'Housing Slump Pinches States in Pocketbook.' It's a shame, then, that we have to wait till the 29th paragraph to find out that 'it ...

Bellafante Bashes Milton Friedman's "Free-Market Absolutism," Sees Downside to End of Military Draft

1/30/2007 12:30 PM ET
Strange, strained criticism of towering economist Milton Friedman: "Though Mr. Friedman's free-choice doctrine contributed to ending the draft in the 1970s, the film takes virtually no note of the ...
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