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<title><![CDATA[Jordan Weissmann - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23779.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jordan Weissmann]]></description><category domain="23779">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Have You Heard the Good News on Housing?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/have-you-heard-the-good-news-on-housing</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How YIMBYs kept winning in 2025.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Biden's Economic Comeback Story Is Falling Flat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.semafor.com/article/06/02/2024/why-bidens-economic-comeback-story-is-falling-flat</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unlike Obama or Reagan, he's struggling with a problem that started under his watch.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nobody Is Going to Save Us From a Recession]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nobody-is-going-to-save-us-from-a-recession/ar-AAYyPjR</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not the president. Not Congress. And definitely not the Federal Reserve.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of Roe: What It Will Take to Fix This]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-it-will-take-to-fix-this/ar-AAX3iY1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats reacted much the way you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d expect after Politico published Justice Samuel Alito'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Worry Too Much About the Crummy Jobs Report]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-you-shouldn-t-worry-too-much-about-the-crummy-jobs-report/ar-AARrjcJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s jobs report was a bit of a disappointment. Employers added just 210,000 workers to their payrolls in November, well below expectations. The New York Times suggests the pre-holiday lull may be a sign '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'that companies are cautious about prospects for growth.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Inflation Could Linger]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2021/07/inflation-temporary-transitory-cars-biden-powell.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent bout of unexpectedly high inflation, Joe Biden and Jerome Powell are both making the same bet: It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s just temporary.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Murders Are Rising. Here's How Dems Should Respond]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/it-s-time-for-a-new-crime-bill/ar-AALVuS2</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time for Democrats to propose a new crime bill.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Economy Right Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/seven-reasons-to-be-extremely-optimistic-about-the-economy-right-now/ar-AALzMkk</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. economy is in the middle of an awkward transition. Like a groggy bear roused from hibernation, the country is no longer dormant due to the pandemic, but isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t quite back in full form either. Millions remain unemployed, businesses are having trouble hiring, workers are still...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Everyone Is Quitting Their Job and It's Great]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2021/06/workers-quitting-jobs-woohoo.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are a nation of fast-food workers cannonballing into the bubble-filled sink of liberation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's First Economic Relief Bill Isn't Screwing Around]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-bidens-first-covid-relief-bill-isnt-screwing-around/ar-BB1cLqO4</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden does indeed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' want to go big. The president-elect is presenting a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' propose a new, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Thursday night as the first item on his to-do list in office, a plan aimed at speeding up the vaccination rollout while providing vast amounts of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs to Move Fast and Fix Stuff]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2021/01/biden-first-term-obama-fdr.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Or his ability to help Americans will be doomed from the start.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republicans Have Written a Pro-Virus Relief Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2020/07/republicans-relief-bill-coronavirus.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The legislation is so pathogen-friendly it might as well have been brought to us by the lobbyists at Big COVID.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Right: We Should Bring Back Infrastructure Week]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2020/03/trump-is-right-about-infrastructure-but-heres-how-to-actually-do-it.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We absolutely should try to boost the economy by building things. The president's only wrong on the details.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Reasons Coronavirus Is a Terrifying Economic Menace]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2020/02/four-reasons-why-coronavirus-is-such-a-terrifying-economic-threat.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The normal playbook for fighting recessions might not work in a global pandemic]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mayor Pete's Rise Helping Clear the Way for Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/pete-buttigieg-bernie-sanders-iowa-new-hampshire.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By crippling their common rivals, the ex-mayor is clearing Sanders' path to victory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2010s Were an Economic Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/12/the-four-mistakes-that-turned-the-2010s-into-an-economic-tragedy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It should have never taken the economy so long to recover from the Great Recession.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[O'Rourke Becoming a Human Straw Man for Conservatives]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/beto-orourke-tax-exemptions-religious-groups-churches-lgbtq.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is the candidate with no constituency giving voice to conservatives' worst fears?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We're Headed for a Recession. Can Anyone Stop It?]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/08/recession-economy-bond-market-yield-curve-trade-china-germany.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, things are bleak. But there is still time to turn things around.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Are Right to Boycott Republican Businesses]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/08/soulcycle-equinox-boycott-stephen-ross-related.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This boycott shows the world that there is a potential price to pay if a company's values don't mesh with its customers' in some way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China Shows Trump Trade War Isn't 'Good, &amp; Easy to Win']]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/08/china-is-striking-back-hard-at-trumps-latest-tariffs.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For what feels like the thousandth time now, China is showing why trade wars are not, as President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' put it, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'good, and easy to win.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump's Entire Story About the Economy Fell Apart]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/07/trump-gdp-report-economy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House claimed it unleashed a business investment boom. The latest data show that's a total myth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Go Socialist When U.S. Can Have Social Democracy?]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/05/socialist-manifesto-bhaskar-sunkara-socialism-bernie-sanders.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A pretty uninspiring case for trashing capitalism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beto's a Scrooge. Why Don't Dems Give More to Charity?]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/04/beto-orourke-democratic-candidates-tax-returns-charitable-giving.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who would have guessed that Beto O'Rourke was a total Scrooge?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So Far, Trump's Trade War Is an Utter Failure]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/03/trumps-trade-policy-is-an-utter-failure.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has waged a trade war unlike any the United States has seen since the 1930s, upsetting our global allies and panicking markets as he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gleefully slapped tariffs on steel and Chinese products.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is a Great Time to Hike the Estate Tax]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2019/02/bernie-sanders-estate-tax-hikes-old-billionaires.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You know what Sen. Bernie Sanders would love to do? Soak the rich. And what have Democrats been doing lately?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act Is Not Dead Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2018/12/obamacare-mandate-affordable-care-act-ruling.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Once again, the fate of Obamacare could soon be in the hands of one John G. Roberts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Economy Is Doing That Cool Thing Where Wages Rise]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/business/2018/10/employment-cost-index-are-wages-going-up.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For what feels like forever now, economists have been wondering and debating why pay isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t rising faster, given the low unemployment rate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Senate GOP's Health Care Bill Really Is 'Meaner']]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2017/06/the_senate_health_care_bill_really_is_meaner.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be a generational disaster for Americans who need Medicaid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How McConnell Weaponized Our Shortened Attention Span]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/06/how-mitch-mcconnell-wins.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitch'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' McConnell is winning, yet again.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants to Blow Up Obamacare, for Real This Time]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/05/19/trump_reportedly_wants_to_go_nuclear_on_obamacare.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jordan Weissmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is leaning toward ending crucial subsidy payments that could cause the market to implode.]]></description>
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