Month: May 2015
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New NYT: Trade and the power of the affluent
From my new Upshot column: The Pacific Rim trade deal making its way through Congress is the latest step in a decades-long trend toward liberalizing trade — a somewhat mysterious development given that many Americans are skeptical of freer trade. But Americans with higher incomes are not so skeptical. They — along with businesses and
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New NYT: Criminal justice reform vs. 2016
From my new Upshot column: For the first time in decades, a consensus is building behind reform of the criminal justice system. But will the 2016 election get in the way? In February, a dizzyingly wide coalition encompassing the conservativeKoch Industries and the liberal Center for American Progress announced an effort to try to overhaul