Timothy Noah

@TimothyNoah1

Before the SVB collapse, Powell was taming inflation without harming the U.S. economy. Now it’s fair to ask whether Biden should fire him.

Of course Republicans are in the banks’ pockets. But so are many Democrats. And what’s up with Barney Frank?

Conservative legal activists and jurists hate it when the government throws a lifeline to poor people and students, but not when it does the same for banks.

Critics of Biden’s proposal to tax stock buybacks aren’t engaging with what’s bad about this Wall Street practice.

Hint: It’s not because of rip-offs or abuses. Those, they’re fine with.

Large corporations have made the enforcement of labor protections for frontline, low-wage workers other people’s problem.

It’s true—our entitlement programs face bankruptcy. The Republicans’ ideas are nonsense. Here’s what the Democrats should say.

A new poll shows that economic populism trumps anti-woke ranting in the industrial heartland.

The recent fight over the speakership proved the point yet again: Today’s Republican Party is driven by egos and power rivalries, not ideas. The GOP once had ideas—lots of them. The problem was that they were unpopular and bad.

For-profit hospitals provide inferior care. But they make more money. And now, nonprofits want to hop on the gravy train.

Biden is the most pro-labor president since Truman. He needs a labor chief who matches his commitment.

Did a shortage of rail workers cause the Ohio toxic-freight derailment? I’m guessing yes.

Biden was right to talk about junk fees in his SOTU. And Republicans are playing into his hands.

Buybacks divert capital from job creation and load up corporations with debt—an orgy of self-dealing by corporate chiefs that the GOP hasn’t lifted a finger to stop.

The latest jobs report shows that while unemployment remains freakishly low, real wages are falling—thus shifting power back toward management.

What, you didn’t know the U.S. defense establishment is captive to the far left? Pay attention!

Of course celebrities’ kids are more likely to become celebrities. What’s wrong with our society’s economic structure is different, and deeper.

We ought to be living in a country where service employees are paid a decent wage. Until that day arrives—tip, and tip generously.

Inherited wealth may keep the Fed from giving us a soft landing.

No wonder Joe Biden is licking his chops. We can only hope House Republicans are this stupid.