How Liberals — Yes, Liberals — Are Hobbling Government
In my columns and on this show over the past few years, I’ve argued that to achieve the goals liberals hold most dear, we need a liberalism that builds. A liberalism that builds everything from multif...
7 Feb 20231h 20min
Best Of: Why Housing Is So Expensive — Particularly in Blue States
Ezra is out sick, so today, we’re sharing one of our favorite conversations — with Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution whose 2022 book “Fixer Upper: How to Repair America’s Bro...
3 Feb 20231h 16min
First Person: How the Left Is Cannibalizing Its Own Power
Ezra is out sick, so today, we're sharing an episode from the New York Times Opinion podcast, “First Person.” Each week, the host Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down with people living through the headlines...
31 Jan 202336min
Is This How a Cold War With China Begins?
There are few issues on which the dominant consensus in Washington has changed as rapidly in recent years as it has on China. Donald Trump made taking on China a core pillar of his campaign and presid...
27 Jan 202351min
There’s Been a Revolution in How China Is Governed
There are few stories that are more crucial to the world’s future than what’s happening in China. Take any of the most important issues of our time — climate change, geopolitics, the global economy, a...
24 Jan 20231h 19min
How Right-Wing Media Ate the Republican Party
In recent weeks, America got a preview of how the new Republican House majority would wield its power. In attempting to perform a basic function of government — electing a speaker — a coalition of 20 ...
20 Jan 20231h 23min
A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings
It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. His birthday is one of just 11 federal holidays. And his wo...
16 Jan 20231h 33min
A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises
“Capitalism, it turns out, is more than just the exchange of goods in a market economy,” Katharina Pistor writes. “It is a market economy in which some assets are placed on legal steroids.”Pistor is a...
13 Jan 20231h 34min
