
The Money Issue
President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy
Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory.
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Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory.
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
The president sat down with Andrew Ross Sorkin to speak candidly about his administration’s efforts to rebuild the U.S. economy after the 2008 financial crisis. Here’s what we learned.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
The company’s famous jingle is part of a dying tradition of New York noise — from knife grinders and chimney sweeps to this summer’s ice cream trucks.
By JODY ROSEN
Off the coast of Normandy, this isolated spot merits a Dark Sky designation.
Photographs by JON TONKS
A particular vision of the American dream has shaped elections for decades. What happens when people stop believing in it?
By CHARLES HOMANS
A central Massachusetts city enabled the author’s ancestors to move into the good life of the middle class. That move is more complicated now.
By ADAM DAVIDSON
Money worries and striving were part of the mainstream sitcom. Now most characters exist in a classless world.
By WESLEY MORRIS
The children’s book makes explicit the hypnotic intentions most bedtime stories keep hidden.
By MARK O’CONNELL
Long a ticket to the middle class, especially for African-Americans, they have become increasingly difficult to find.
By ANNIE LOWREY