https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR3OYuAmvcU/noah-smith RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 18:30:14 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-29/west-virginia-needs-biden-s-bill-more-than-manchin-politics https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-29/west-virginia-needs-biden-s-bill-more-than-manchin-politics Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:00:08 GMT West Virginians could use a few breaks. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-25/why-china-s-evergrande-crisis-could-be-worse-than-the-u-s-crash https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-25/why-china-s-evergrande-crisis-could-be-worse-than-the-u-s-crash Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:00:12 GMT Apartment buildings at China Evergrande Group's Life in Venice real estate and tourism development in Qidong, Jiangsu province, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Evergrande slid deeper in equity and credit markets Tuesday, fueling concerns about broader contagion after S&P Global Ratings said the developer is on the brink of default. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-22/fdr-needed-two-global-crises-to-reshape-the-economy-will-biden https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-22/fdr-needed-two-global-crises-to-reshape-the-economy-will-biden Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:30:16 GMT U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Biden is set to ratchet up pressure on congressional Democrats as discord within the party threatened to derail key pieces of his economic agenda, including lowering prescription drug prices and some of his proposed tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-17/inflation-has-turned-15-an-hour-wages-into-a-setback https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-17/inflation-has-turned-15-an-hour-wages-into-a-setback Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:30:23 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 26: Activists with One Fair Wage participate in a “Wage Strike" demonstration outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill restaurant on May 26th, 2021 in Washington, DC. Since the ease of Covid-19 restrictions in Washington, restaurant owners say they are having a difficult time hiring back their staffs, but restaurant workers, wary of pandemic-related health and safety concerns, demand guaranteed full minimum wage plus tips before they can return to the workforce. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-15/new-york-city-has-once-again-defied-the-doomsayers-here-s-why https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-15/new-york-city-has-once-again-defied-the-doomsayers-here-s-why Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:00:27 GMT TOPSHOT - Clouds sit above the Manhattan skyline and Statue of Liberty on June 15, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-14/how-free-college-can-help-remake-the-u-s-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-14/how-free-college-can-help-remake-the-u-s-economy Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:00:25 GMT Apprentices work at Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5 Training Facility in Lanham, Maryland on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-12/the-left-s-nimby-war-against-renewable-energy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-12/the-left-s-nimby-war-against-renewable-energy Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:00:22 GMT An aerial image shows solar panels part of an electricity generation plant on June 18, 2021 in Kern County near Mojave, California. - The California ISO extended a Flex Alert asking customers to conserve electricity amid concerns of power outages during the heat wave. Much of the western United States is braced for record heat waves this week, with approximately 50 million Americans placed on alert Tuesday for "excessive" temperatures, which could approach 120 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) in some areas. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-08/texas-abortion-law-ends-an-era-of-business-pragmatism https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-08/texas-abortion-law-ends-an-era-of-business-pragmatism Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:00:05 GMT Former US President Donald Trump (L) arrives with Texas Governor Greg Abbott (C) for a visit to the border wall near Pharr, Texas on June 30, 2021. - Former President Donald Trump visited the area with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to address the surge of unauthorized border crossings that they blame on the Biden administration's change in policies. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-03/new-york-and-san-francisco-are-hurt-by-home-office-craze https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-03/new-york-and-san-francisco-are-hurt-by-home-office-craze Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:30:15 GMT The clamor for more work space at home will only push prices higher. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-29/how-the-u-s-can-make-vietnam-a-powerful-trade-ally https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-29/how-the-u-s-can-make-vietnam-a-powerful-trade-ally Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:00:22 GMT Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) gestures to US Vice President Kamala Harris in the Government office in Hanoi on August 25, 2021. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-26/arizona-shows-how-the-u-s-can-win-the-trade-wars https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-26/arizona-shows-how-the-u-s-can-win-the-trade-wars Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:00:24 GMT Employees inspect wafers inside the wafer bumping process area illuminated by yellow light at a Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) facility in Taichung, Taiwan, on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. SPIL terminated a deal to sell a NT$56.8 billion ($1.7 billion) stake to China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. after taking into account "objective and subjective factors," according to a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange on April 28. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-19/trickle-down-economics-has-failed-its-growth-mission https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-19/trickle-down-economics-has-failed-its-growth-mission Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:30:16 GMT Trickle-down economics hasn’t fulfilled its early promise. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-18/afghan-refugees-are-no-economic-threat-to-americans https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-18/afghan-refugees-are-no-economic-threat-to-americans Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:07:20 GMT A man holds a baby as he arrives with his family among the first German and Afghan evacuees from Kabul, at Frankfurt International Airport in western Germany in the early hours of August 18, 2021. (Photo by Armando BABANI / AFP) (Photo by ARMANDO BABANI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-13/will-new-mexico-prove-a-universal-basic-income-can-work https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-13/will-new-mexico-prove-a-universal-basic-income-can-work Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:00:32 GMT Daniel Martinez of Santa Fe poses for a portrait during the 98th annual Santa Fe Indian Market, that hosts 1,200 Native American Artists from the United States and Canada in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 17, 2019. - The Market draws crowds of up to 150,000 annually. (Photo by Luke E. Montavon / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUKE E. MONTAVON/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-10/special-interests-are-the-last-barrier-to-fix-climate-change https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-10/special-interests-are-the-last-barrier-to-fix-climate-change Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:00:30 GMT A truck dumps a load of coal onto a large storage pile at the Krasnogorsky open pit coal mine, operated by Mechel PJSC, in Mezhdurechensk, Russia, on Monday, July 19, 2021. Russias government is betting that coal consumption will continue to rise in big Asian markets like China even as it dries up elsewhere. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-08/how-happy-is-america https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-08/how-happy-is-america Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:35 GMT What does it take to be happy? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-05/biden-s-3-5-trillion-plan-to-invest-in-america-s-future https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-05/biden-s-3-5-trillion-plan-to-invest-in-america-s-future Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:30:33 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: A bartender serves drinks at DC9 nightclub during their Lost Birthday Club dance party on June 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C. lifted pandemic capacity limits for bars, nightclubs and music venues allowing for full capacity. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-29/mass-evictions-are-avoidable-as-the-u-s-has-already-proven https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-29/mass-evictions-are-avoidable-as-the-u-s-has-already-proven Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:00:17 GMT PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 07: An apartment maintenance man changes the lock of an apartment after constables posted an eviction order on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of court-ordered evictions continue nationwide despite a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moratorium for renters impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Although state and county officials say they have tried to educate the public on the protections, many renters remain unaware and fail to complete the necessary forms to remain in their homes. In many cases landlords have worked out more flexible payment plans with vulnerable tenants, although these temporary solutions have become fraught as the pandemic drags on. With millions of Americans still unemployed due to the pandemic, federal rental assistance proposals remain gridlocked in Congress. The expiry of the CDC moratorium at year's end looms large, as renters and landlord face a potential tsunami of evictions and foreclosures nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-26/why-delta-threatens-to-undermine-the-economic-recovery https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-26/why-delta-threatens-to-undermine-the-economic-recovery Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:00:21 GMT A New York City mobile Covid-19 vaccine site in the East Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Covid-19 infections in New York City are climbing for the first time in months as the delta variant gains traction and vaccination rates in some boroughs remain stubbornly low. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-23/democrats-are-focusing-on-the-wrong-part-of-medicare https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-23/democrats-are-focusing-on-the-wrong-part-of-medicare Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:00:20 GMT A woman gets an eye exam as people get free dental, vision and medical care during the Seattle/King County Clinic at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 2016. / AFP / Jason Redmond (Photo credit should read JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)