Latest articles by James Pethokoukis
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Democrats, you can call yourselves capitalists. Really.
opinion We already have a major political party whose leader thinks American capitalism has been failing for decades. Does the country really need a second one?
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New York succumbs to the billionaire backlash
opinion Will it regret chasing out 25,000 jobs?
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Stock buybacks aren't destroying the economy
opinion The Democrats' accusation illustrates a basic misunderstanding of why worker wages rise over the long term
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How Howard Schultz could reveal the Democrats' inconvenient truth
opinion Math doesn't have a liberal bias
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Why America needs more billionaires
opinion Perhaps the super-rich should pay higher taxes, but they aren't a sign of capitalist immorality. They're a sign of economic vibrancy.
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Why Modern Monetary Theory is an unserious idea for an unserious time
opinion The Democrats' new economic idea is too good be true
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The GOP is completely botching the tax hike issue
opinion This argument should be so easy to win
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Welcome to the Trump Slump
opinion Markets are spooked. Recession fears are growing. Will the president ever learn?
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Is a recession coming for Trump? You wish.
opinion Democrats, don't court disaster
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The real reason Republicans should be concerned Google skews liberal
opinion Instead of crying about bias, maybe Republicans should ask themselves why all these smart, optimistic, hard-working young people at American corporations find so little that's appealing about today's GOP
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Congress needs to get its nerd on
The Explainer Bring back the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment
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Trump punches free enterprise
opinion Hey, Republicans: Stop shrugging off Trump's attacks on business
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Republicans have a big new economic idea. It's terrible.
opinion Trumponomics forces conservative wonks to embrace the absurd
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Why New York and Virginia were right to gamble on Amazon
opinion Even NYC could use 25,000 new jobs
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The GOP just got hammered during an economic boom. What happens when it goes bust?
opinion If a recession hits, there aren't enough caravans in the world to deliver Trump a second term
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Why the Trump boomlet may soon fade
The Explainer A consumer splurge is masking big problems in the Republican tax cuts
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Repeal and replace the Trump tax cuts
opinion That's the best way to make good on the president's new middle-class tax cut pledge
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The sun sets on Sears
The Explainer No company is forever — not even America's "everything store"
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A $15 minimum wage is great for Amazon. It is not great for America.
opinion Please, Washington: Don't follow Jeff Bezos' lead
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The trouble with Trumponomics
opinion Trump's attacks on NAFTA show how his inability to absorb information and update his prior thinking leads to bad policymaking
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Trump's trade war and the abandonment of American ideals
opinion America's nationalist populists want to raise the drawbridge to imports and immigrants. It's a toxic combination for an economy built on openness.
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Conservatives are blaming Obama for the economy's sluggish recovery. Here's why they're wrong.
The Explainer He's an easy scapegoat, but is he really responsible?
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Trump searches for justice
opinion Why won't Google just give it to him!?!
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Will Silicon Valley's political hell ever end?
opinion If there's one thing both sides can agree on, it's that they suddenly hate the titans of technology
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