• David Leonhardt on the Decline of the American Dream

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    Andrew talks to David Leonhardt, author of Ours Was the Shining Future, about on unions, constitutional reform, immigration and the need for a progressive populism.

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    David Leonhardt is a senior writer at The New York Times, where he writes its flagship newsletter, “The Morning.” He has also been the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief, an op-ed columnist, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and the founding editor of “The Upshot.” He has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. OURS WAS THE SHINING FUTURE (2023) is his first book.


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