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The Origins of Abundance
To mark the release of our new book “Abundance,” my co-author Derek Thompson had me on his podcast, “Plain English,” to talk about it. We’re on book …
1 year, 4 months ago
Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
After the last election, there were all kinds of theories about where Democrats went wrong. But now, four months later, we have a lot more data – and…
1 year, 4 months ago
Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
It’s hard to understand the economic logic of President Trump’s tariffs. In our last episode, we tried, but with limited success. And that might be b…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
Wall Street thought Donald Trump was bluffing about his tariff plans. The stock market rallied after his election. But the reality has started settin…
1 year, 4 months ago
There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approa…
1 year, 4 months ago
This Trump Speech Was the Ultimate Loyalty Test
The economy has started blinking red. President Trump’s tariffs have been roiling markets. Consumer sentiment was already down. G.D.P. forecasts are …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Government Knows AGI is Coming
Artificial general intelligence — an A.I. system that can beat humans at almost any cognitive task — is arriving in just a couple of years. That’s wh…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy
If you’re looking for a single-sentence summation of the change in America’s foreign policy under Donald Trump, you could do worse than what Trump sa…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics
In 2016, when Donald Trump won the first time, a little-known book became an unexpected phenomenon. It was “The Revolt of the Public,” self-published…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently
After the elections, I started asking congressional Democrats the same question: If the elections had gone the other way, if they had won a trifecta,…
1 year, 5 months ago