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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    Republicans are paying a price for their extremismRepublicans are paying a price for their extremism
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    The GOP’s self-destructive primaries have cost it a lot of power, particularly in the Senate.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    Ezra Klein interviews Paul KrugmanEzra Klein interviews Paul Krugman
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    The Gray Area

    The Nobel Prize-winning economist on deficits, net neutrality, tax reform, single-payer, a UBI, and much more.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Why Doug Jones’s narrow win is not enough to make me confident about American democracyWhy Doug Jones’s narrow win is not enough to make me confident about American democracy
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    We’re the country that almost elected Roy Moore. We’re the country that did elect Donald Trump.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The Republican Party’s reality problem — and oursThe Republican Party’s reality problem — and ours
    Politics

    It’s not just Donald Trump and Roy Moore. It’s Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Susan Collins.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    “Unfit to be President”: 58 House Democrats want to start debating the impeachment of Donald Trump“Unfit to be President”: 58 House Democrats want to start debating the impeachment of Donald Trump
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    The Democratic split over impeaching President Trump just burst into the open.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    “The hypocrisy is astounding”: Tax bill shows the GOP’s debt concerns were pure fraud“The hypocrisy is astounding”: Tax bill shows the GOP’s debt concerns were pure fraud
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    Republicans are proving themselves nihilists.

    By Ezra Klein
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    The real reason American health care is so expensiveThe real reason American health care is so expensive
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    Hint: single-payer won’t automatically fix it.

    By Liz Scheltens, Mallory Brangan and 1 more
    Politics
    5 big problems the Senate Republican tax bill creates5 big problems the Senate Republican tax bill creates
    Politics

    “I don’t understand why they didn’t just do a corporate tax cut plus a really attractive middle-class tax cut.”

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Where the New York Times article on an American Nazi went wrongWhere the New York Times article on an American Nazi went wrong
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    Why is it a surprise that Nazis love muffins?

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Out of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economyOut of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economy
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    But all of them think it will increase the debt.

    By Ezra Klein