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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    One chart that explains Obama’s new economic planOne chart that explains Obama’s new economic plan
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    This isn’t an agenda about unemployment. It’s an agenda about pulling people back into the workforce.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Politicians love the middle class. They just don’t know what it is.Politicians love the middle class. They just don’t know what it is.
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    No one knows who is in the middle class.

    By Ezra Klein
    Bill Gates explains why Breaking Bad proves the world is getting smarter
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    Why he’s optimistic about the future of the world.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Be careful with that viral statistic about the top 1% owning half the world’s wealthBe careful with that viral statistic about the top 1% owning half the world’s wealth
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    That viral Oxfam statistic is not telling you what you think it is. But it’s still telling you something important.

    By Ezra Klein
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    The 6 most important sentences from Obama’s State of the UnionThe 6 most important sentences from Obama’s State of the Union
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    How this speech is different from the ones that came before.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The most important sentence in Obama’s 2015 State of the UnionThe most important sentence in Obama’s 2015 State of the Union
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    Obama turns the page.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What Obama would say at the State of the Union if he were being brutally honestWhat Obama would say at the State of the Union if he were being brutally honest
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    Hate the game, not the players.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    An MRI costs $1,145 in America and $138 in Switzerland. But Medicare could change that.An MRI costs $1,145 in America and $138 in Switzerland. But Medicare could change that.
    Politics

    Why not cap health-care prices at 125 percent what Medicare pays?

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Paul Ryan isn’t running for president. He’s after something even bigger.Paul Ryan isn’t running for president. He’s after something even bigger.
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    Ryan’s decision to skip the presidential race showed he understands something most ambitious politicians don’t.

    By Ezra Klein
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    What would Republicans say if Mitt Romney was president right now?What would Republicans say if Mitt Romney was president right now?
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    He would be seen as the second coming of Ronald Reagan. The kids would have “severely conservative” tattoos. Men would be saying “gosh.”

    By Ezra Klein

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