David Leonhardt on the Americans behind the 8.1 percent unemployment rate
David Leonhardt, New York Times "Economic Scene" columnist, listens to your stories about unemployment and breaks down the 8.1 percent unemployment rate for February 2009.The U.S. Bureau of Labor...
View ArticleLooting & the Usury Economy
Have you found yourself wondering latley "who or what destroyed the economy?" Well, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt and labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan have a simple answer to that question:...
View ArticleHigh Cost of Living
Reforming healthcare may require dealing with the high cost of end-of-life care. David Leonhardt of the New York Times and Judy Bachrach, columnist at Obit magazine, take part in what President Obama...
View ArticleEnd-Of-Life Costs
In his recent interview with the New York Times'sDavid Leonhardt, President Obama said that a key step to health care reform will be having a "very difficult democratic conversation" about the high...
View ArticleIs the Economy in Recovery? New Unemployment Stats
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the unemployment numbers for May this morning. The numbers may give a sense of how quickly the U.S. can expect economic recovery. David Leonhardt, who writes...
View ArticleEnd-Of-Life Costs
In his recent interview with the New York Times'sDavid Leonhardt, President Obama said that a key step to health care reform will be having a "very difficult democratic conversation" about the high...
View ArticleProstate Test
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times talks about how prostate cancer treatment will show the effectiveness of health care reform.
View ArticleTaxing Fat
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the Magazine, discusses the idea of a fat tax and how personal responsibility factors into the health care debate.
View ArticleThe President's Pitch on Health Care Reform
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the magazine, reviews President Obama's speech on health care reform.
View ArticleCash for Caulkers
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the magazine talks about the weatherization stimulus and other economic news.
View ArticleReconcilable Differences?
Roll Call staff writer David Drucker and David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene" columnist for the New York Times, analyze the latest in the negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of health...
View ArticleHandicapping Health Care Reform
The Senate's robust health care reform bill is in jepoardy after Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. David Leonhardt,...
View ArticleStimulus Fact Check
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the stimulus plan. David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene" columnist for the New York Times, does some stimulus fact checking.
View ArticleCongress and the Bush-Era Tax Cuts
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for The New York Times, lays out some options for how the lame-duck session of Congress can deal with the expiring Bush-era tax cuts.
View ArticleYou Can Solve the Budget Puzzle
David Leonhardt, who writes the "Economic Scene" column for The New York Times, talks about the paper's "budget puzzle" and how different cuts to programs and aid could make a dent in the US budget...
View ArticleDeficit Commission Goes Public
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, talks about today's deficit commission meeting.
View ArticlePresident Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, breaks down the fiscal impact of President Obama's deficit reduction plan, and how it differs from the Paul Ryan...
View ArticleOpening the Fed
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, discusses yesterday's first-ever press conference by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.→ Listen, Read a Recap and Add Your...
View ArticleRent or Buy?
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, talks about renting versus buying a home and how people make that decision.Compare for yourself the differences between...
View ArticleChecking the Stats on Income Inequality
David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, goes through the stats that have been thrown around by Occupy Wall Street protesters and their critics, and what the income inequality...
View ArticleThe Day After Tax Day
David Leonhardt,Washington bureau chief for TheNew York Times, and Diane Brady, Bloomberg BusinessWeek senior editor and author of Fraternity, talk about taxes -- the IRS, corporate rates, the Buffett...
View Article30 Issues: Victims of 2008: The Unemployed
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: How the victims of the Great Recession are coping and what the government can do...
View ArticleGambling on the Future
Last week the popular prediction market Intrade announced it would shut its doors to Americans after being sued by US regulators. US regulators have accused InTrade of violating the ban on off-exchange...
View ArticleDavid Leonhardt: Here's The Deal
David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief for the New York Times and author of the new e-book Here's the Deal, previews tonight's State of the Union address, and discusses his take on deficits, taxes,...
View ArticleOne More Sign that Washington Can't Handle Money
The budget wars seem never ending in Washington D.C., with the sequester just one day away and no agreement between the White House and Republican leadership in sight. After sequestration goes into...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Location & Prosperity
The great American industrial migration continues. Americans have always relied on the possibility changing locations as a means to prosperity and the United States is one of the most geographically...
View Article30 Issues: Job Creation and Congress
It's Jobs Week on the Brian Lehrer Show's election series "30 issues in 30 Days." See the full 30 Issues schedule and archive here.David Leonhardt, Washington D.C Bureau Chief for the New York Times...
View ArticleThe Upshot: Our Middle Class is in Trouble
New York Times reporter and editor David Leonhardt discusses the recent data that show the U.S. middle class is no longer the wealthiest in the world. Also, a little on what he's planning for The...
View ArticleRethinking the Student Debt Crisis
It’s hard to escape the prevailing media narrative that student loan debt is destroying an entire generation’s financial future. The New York Times' David Leonhardt reported on a new Brookings...
View ArticleWhen Did You Lock in Your Political Beliefs?
The adage that you get more conservative as you get older doesn't exactly hold up. David Leonhardt, editor of The New York Times's The Upshot, discusses some new data and reporting that show how people...
View ArticleWhat Google Teaches us About Inequality
A new analysis from the New York Times shows that Google searches say a lot about inequality and the cultural divide in the United States. We look at the results, and any policy implications with David...
View ArticleThe Politics of Playing Football
Who plays and doesn't play football is an increasingly partisan issue, according to the latest column by The New York Times' David Leonhardt, the editor of "The Upshot."A recent poll by the RAND...
View ArticleCovering the Longshots
2016 candidates are making their way onto the campaign trail, and political reporters are close behind them. So how will the media talk about presidential hopefuls who probably won't win? Likely, a...
View ArticleFrom Cleveland to Seattle: America's Most Cursed Sports Cities
The Upshot, a New York Times politics and policy website, crunched some data to come up with a list of America's most cursed sports cities. We're not talking superstitions or urban legends—these are...
View ArticleFlash-In-The-Pan Candidacies
"The political media did not create Donald Trump," says David Leonhardt, editor of The Upshot for The New York Times. In fact, if calculations are correct, interest in Trump is actually outstripping...
View ArticleThe Math and the Man Behind the Chicago Cubs World Series Win
For the Chicago Cubs, 108 years of suffering are finally over. They beat the Cleveland Indians in dramatic fashion last night and claimed their first World Series title since 1908.So how did they pull...
View ArticleAnalysis of James Comey's Must-Hear Testimony
After former FBI Director James Comey delivers his highly-anticipated testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine staff writer and Yale Law School...
View ArticleHarvey and Climate Change
While climate change didn't cause Harvey, David Leonhardt, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, argues there's plenty of evidence that it contributed to its record-breaking volume of rain.
View ArticlePresident Trump Addresses the Nation on Florida Shooting
President Trump addresses the nation on yesterday's school shooting in Parkland, Florida. New York Times op-ed columnist David Leonhardt previews the speech by discussing the shooting and gun violence...
View ArticleThe Financial Crisis Is Not Yet Over for Most Americans
New York Times columnist David Leonhardt argues that the financial crisis is not over, despite what standard economic measurements show, and points to alternative ways to measure GDP.We see all kinds...
View ArticleThe Shutdown and the Resistance
New York Times columnist David Leonhardt talks about the ongoing federal government shutdown and what it shows about the strengths and weaknesses of the progressive movement."As the summer of 2016 came...
View ArticleThe Argument with Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg and David Leonhardt
Michelle Goldberg, Ross Douthat and David Leonhardt are New York Times op-ed columnists and co-hosts of the New York Times's podcast "The Argument." They join us in studio to argue about national...
View ArticleThe Brian Lehrer Show's Best Interviews
On this Summer Friday, here are some of our favorite conversations from the past year:Hosts of The New York Times podcast "The Argument," Op-Ed columnists Michelle Goldberg, David Leonhardt and Ross...
View ArticleThe #Resistance Is Coming
Where are we on impeachment today?The president has reportedly been resisting efforts by his aides to hire public relations and legal professionals for a dedicated impeachment "war room" in the White...
View ArticleThe President Impeached
David Leonhardt, op-ed columnist at The New York Times and co-host of the podcast "The Argument," ticks through the latest impeachment related news and previews tonight's Democratic presidential...
View Article‘It Doesn’t Feel Like We’re Being Impeached,’ Says Impeached President
Where are we on impeachment today?After almost 12 hours of debate, the House took the historic step of impeaching President Trump. Now, the spotlight turns to the Senate, where Mitch McConnell and...
View ArticleWhat The Press Have And Should Have Learned From The Trump Era
Donald Trump is largely responsible for cramming the last five years of news coverage with innumerable lies, conspiracy theories, scapegoats, racist dog whistles, and reality-shattering accusations....
View ArticleThursday Morning Politics: Race, Class and 2024 Election Politics
David Leonhardt, senior writer for The New York Times, who writes The Morning, The Times’s flagship daily newsletter, talks about the interaction of race and class on electoral politics.
View ArticleWhat Happened to the American Dream?
With the "dream" of an ever-brighter economic future now stymied, David Leonhardt, senior writer for The New York Times who writes The Morning, The Times’s flagship daily newsletter and author of Ours...
View ArticleShould Colleges Reinstate the SAT?
In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges stopped requiring the SAT or ACT as part of their application. Many schools have gotten rid of the requirement entirely, arguing it evens the...
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