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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    The best case for Obama’s trade deal has nothing to do with AmericaThe best case for Obama’s trade deal has nothing to do with America
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    It comes down to Vietnam, actually.

    By Ezra Klein
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    The joke was that Obama wasn’t jokingThe joke was that Obama wasn’t joking
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    When Obama brought out Luther, he wasn’t kidding around.

    By Ezra Klein
    Health Care
    Why raising the Social Security retirement age really does hurt the poor the mostWhy raising the Social Security retirement age really does hurt the poor the most
    Health Care

    Cutting 11 percent of the check someone lives on and 11 percent of the check someone barely notices are not the same thing.

    By Ezra Klein
    Culture
    How Obamacare (almost) convinced a tea partier to vote for ClintonHow Obamacare (almost) convinced a tea partier to vote for Clinton
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    A gun-toting tea partier and Obamacare: a YouTube love story.

    By Ezra Klein
    Social Policy
    Raising Social Security’s retirement age is a disaster for the poorRaising Social Security’s retirement age is a disaster for the poor
    Social Policy

    Maybe that’s why it seems like such an obvious policy idea to the rich.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Americans believe their health system is the world’s best, but they’re measuring it wrongAmericans believe their health system is the world’s best, but they’re measuring it wrong
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    Americans like to think their health-care system is number one. But the Commonwealth Fund compared it with 10 other developed nations and found it’s ... number 11.

    By Ezra Klein
    Criminal Justice
    How child support laws trap poor men in a vicious spiral of debt and imprisonmentHow child support laws trap poor men in a vicious spiral of debt and imprisonment
    Criminal Justice

    An extraordinary investigation by the New York Times into the way child support laws played into Walter Scott’s death.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Weed is not more dangerous than alcoholWeed is not more dangerous than alcohol
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    Drugs are bad, but the drug war is worse. It’s possible that legalizing marijuana could be a huge public-health win.

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    The 3 laws of social scienceThe 3 laws of social science
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    Plus Tyler Cowen’s law about everything always being wrong.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Jeb Bush endorses “death panels” — and he’s right to do soJeb Bush endorses “death panels” — and he’s right to do so
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    Jeb Bush has a health-care idea Sarah Palin is going to hate.

    By Ezra Klein