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Thomas B. Edsall

(1941) Journalist

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Thomas B. Edsall is a journalist.

Quick Facts About Thomas B. Edsall

Born: August 22, 1941
Profession: Journalist

About Thomas B. Edsall

[Wikidata] American journalist and academic... | [Wikipedia] Thomas Byrne Edsall is an American journalist and academic. Since 2006, he has written a weekly opinion column for The New York Times. Previously, he worked as a reporter for The Providence Journal and for The Baltimore Sun, and as a correspondent for The New Republic. In addition, he spent 25 years

Quotes by Thomas B. Edsall

Conservatives are tougher. They fight harder, they fight for their own, and they're willing to win for themselves and they're willing to…

Thomas B. Edsall

Fighting

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“the Reagan years "produced one of the most dramatic redistributions of income in the nation's history....The income of families in the bottom…

Thomas B. Edsall

American dream

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The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding…

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Expanding

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I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it…

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Consensus

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America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are…

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Adulthood

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