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Peter Coy
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You Graded My Grammar Essay. I Think I Got a B-Minus.
The idea of hypercorrection struck a chord. Ending a sentence with a preposition? Not so much.
What Your Grammar Says About Your Social Class
We’d be better off not worrying about how language marks status — but that’s not how the world works.
Democrats Have Embraced Economics. Too Much?
In her recent book, the sociologist Elizabeth Popp Berman says economists have too much influence.
This Guy Says the Fed Has Got Everything Precisely Backward
A hedge fund manager’s unconventional theory of interest rates and growth.
Biden Says Inflation in July Was Zero. He’s Right. And He’s Wrong.
This sort of thing is tricky, even for economists.
Supply-Side Economics Isn’t Just for Republicans Anymore
Democrats are shaping their own version.
What Does It Really Mean to Live ‘Paycheck to Paycheck’?
We don’t have a good agreed-upon definition.
Is the U.S. Economy Growing or Not?
One economic measure had it flailing. The other had it doing just fine.
The Politics of Litigation May Be Changing
For years it was mainly Democrats who used the courts to force social change.