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Shoot the messenger
The class of people who shape public debate can't see our own blind spots.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Red states get Waymos. Blue states get studies.
How to kill progress with a study
 • Kelsey Piper
The Tinder-ization of the job market
Why nobody's getting hired in a "good" economy
 • Matt Darling
Jon Stewart has become his own worst nightmare
Econ 101? In this economy?
 • Jerusalem Demsas
The postliberal war on economics
Peak oil panic didn’t just mislead environmentalists, it helped birth a right-wing anti-markets worldview that is helping run the country
 • Phil Magness
How Liberal Elite Failure Fueled Far-Right Populism
The technocracy trap with political economist Gabriele Gratton
 • Jerusalem Demsas
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The fox in liberalism’s henhouse
Critical race theory and the identity left presented themselves as updated anti-racism, but underneath the jargon was a clean break with liberal…
 • Matthew Yglesias
"Some kids are just dumb" is not good education policy
Yes, Freddie, I think UCSD students can do basic algebra
 • Kelsey Piper
Karine Jean-Pierre is not a #GirlBoss
A qualified defense of feminism's oft-maligned strivers
 • Jerusalem Demsas
The immigration problem is a crime problem
The real driver of anti-immigration politics
 • Lakshya Jain
Is Mississippi cooking the books?
No. The skeptics are wrong. The Southern Surge is real.
 • Karen Vaites and Kelsey Piper
Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Derek Thompson: what happened to Liberalism and who shot first?
The Argument launches new podcast with host Jerusalem Demsas
 • Jerusalem Demsas, Matthew Yglesias, Derek Thompson, and Ezra Klein
1:34:56
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