Steven Mnuchin’s Deal Staved Off Catastrophe. Can He Make Another One?

By Jason Zengerle
NYT Magazine
Even many Trump critics credit his Treasury secretary with rescuing the economy from the pandemic. Will the White House and Congress keep him from doing it again?
Published date: September 29, 2020 at 12:00PM
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New York’s Arts Shutdown: The Economic Crisis in One Lost Weekend

By Unknown Author
NYT Arts
We zero in on one moment in New York City’s cultural calendar that’s been wiped clean — what it means, what it looks like, what it cost and what’s ahead.
Published date: September 24, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Republicans Killed the Obamacare Mandate. New Data Shows It Didn’t Really Matter.

By Sarah Kliff
NYT The Upshot
Many experts now view the individual mandate as a policy that did little to increase health coverage — but did a lot to invite political backlash.
Published date: September 18, 2020 at 12:00PM
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A $1.5 Trillion Compromise That Congress’s Leaders Can’t Ignore

By Jay C. Shambaugh
NYT Opinion
The bipartisan framework struck by House Democrats and Republicans merits consideration.
Published date: September 17, 2020 at 12:00PM
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U.S. Poverty Hit a Record Low Before the Pandemic Recession

By Jeanna Smialek, Sarah Kliff and Alan Rappeport
NYT Business Day
The share of Americans in poverty in 2019 declined and median incomes were the highest on record, a Census Bureau report showed.
Published date: September 15, 2020 at 06:37PM
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How the Fed’s Quick Action May Have Given Congress Cover for Inaction

By Neil Irwin
NYT The Upshot
By doing its job of stabilizing the financial system, it has reduced the sense of urgency for lawmakers to help ordinary Americans.
Published date: September 15, 2020 at 12:00PM
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How the Fed’s Quick Action May Have Given Congress Cover for Inaction

By Neil Irwin
NYT The Upshot
By doing its job of stabilizing the financial system, it has reduced the sense of urgency for lawmakers to help ordinary Americans.
Published date: September 15, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Why Trump’s Approval Ratings on the Economy Remain Durable

By Jim Tankersley
NYT U.S.
Despite the recession, polling data and interviews with voters and political analysts suggest that a confluence of factors are raising the president’s standing on the economy issue.
Published date: August 24, 2020 at 06:46PM
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The Week in Business: Steve Bannon Charged With Fraud

By Charlotte Cowles
NYT Business Day
The stock market hit a record high, unemployment claims rose again, and the office might not be dead after all.
Published date: August 23, 2020 at 02:00PM
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DealBook: They Made How Much?

By Unknown Author
NYT Business Day
Big tech companies reported bumper profits in the shadow of congressional scrutiny over their outsize market power.
Published date: July 31, 2020 at 02:28PM
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New York Times article

The Gulf Between Republicans and Democrats on Coronavirus Aid, in 9 Charts

By Alicia Parlapiano
NYT The Upshot
Democrats and Republicans are far apart on the next round of federal aid to combat the pandemic.
Published date: July 30, 2020 at 01:01PM
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If Congress Cuts Jobless Benefits, ‘It Would Be a Disaster’

By Talmon Joseph Smith
NYT Sunday Review
Six unemployed Americans on what losing $600 a week would mean to them.
Published date: July 22, 2020 at 12:00PM
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To Fight the Pandemic, Here’s My Must-Do List

By Elizabeth Warren
NYT Opinion
The Senate needs to act now. There is no time to waste.
Published date: July 21, 2020 at 12:00PM
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‘Less Optimistic’ and ‘More Cautious’: Top C.E.O.s Fret as Virus Cases Rise

By David Gelles
NYT Business Day
Many of the nation’s business leaders are steeling themselves for a period of prolonged economic disruption and the prospect of a slow, halting recovery.
Published date: July 20, 2020 at 12:00PM
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How to Give Workers a Raise Without Employers Paying for It

By Bharat Ramamurti and Lindsay Owens
NYT Opinion
There’s a solution that can appeal to laid-off workers, their employers and perhaps Senate Republicans too.
Published date: July 6, 2020 at 02:00AM
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New York Times article

The American Dream Is Alive and Well

By Michael R. Strain
NYT Opinion
We have bigger issues than inequality.
Published date: May 18, 2020 at 12:00PM
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The Nordic Way to Economic Rescue

By Peter S. Goodman
NYT Business Day
In the face of the pandemic, Denmark is effectively nationalizing private payrolls, in contrast to the patchwork American system.
Published date: March 28, 2020 at 11:00AM
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The Week in Business: Throwing Billions at the Coronavirus

By Charlotte Cowles
NYT Business Day
Will the government's plan to save the economy work?
Published date: March 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
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New York Times article

America Is Addicted to Using the Tax Code to Fix All Kinds of Problems

By Neil Irwin
NYT The Upshot
The I.R.S. has become the de facto administrator of a startling number of social welfare programs.
Published date: March 6, 2020 at 12:00PM
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The Health System We’d Have if Economists Ran Things

By Austin Frakt
NYT The Upshot
A survey of nearly 200 Ph.D. health economists finds them taking a few politically unpopular positions.
Published date: February 17, 2020 at 12:00PM
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