In her recent book, the sociologist Elizabeth Popp Berman says economists have too much influence.
Tag: United States Economy
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Will the F.B.I. Investigation Give Trump a Boost?
Readers discuss a David Brooks column about the political fallout. Also: Honoring the victims of the 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich; economic illusions.
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Retailers Stumble Adjusting to More Selective Shoppers
In earnings reports this week, companies showed it has been a struggle to adapt to a consumer mind-set that is vastly different from what it was during much of the pandemic.
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Will the F.B.I. Raid Give Trump a Boost?
Readers discuss a David Brooks column about the political fallout. Also: Honoring the victims of the 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich; economic illusions.
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The New Tax Bill Doesn’t Touch the Wealthy
Without one intransigent Democratic senator and a significant political misjudgment by the Biden administration, we would have had an even more consequential package in the Inflation Reduction Act.