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Ron Lieber

@ronlieber.bsky.social

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I work for readers as the New York Times money scribe. Author of "The Price You Pay for College," teacher of a course about merit scholarships (meritaidcourse.com), Brooklyn now but forever Chicago. He/We/Abba. Gratitude and rage.

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Ron Lieber·Mar 19

NEW: After the California fires, we wanted to know this: How can people shop for a climate-safe home? Turns out there were more than 65 questions nested under that first one. @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social and I got to work on all of them, and here's the result. nyti.ms/3DREtXd

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Ron Lieber·Mar 13

Homeland Security seems not be able to articulate what Khalil did wrong -- or articulate much of anything.

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Ron Lieber·Mar 21

I will never stop trying to get people to care about Medicaid. And if you're on it -- or are close to someone who is (and LOTS of more affluent people do) -- please help. My column for the weekend. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...

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Ron Lieber·Apr 5

Tariffs = Taxes, and Trump has just raised taxes by a lot. I get that many of you dislike our often-measured approach, but I think we were appropriately plain-spoken here, leading the home page right now.

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If you're finishing Passover tonight, it is time to gorge yourself on the forbidden things. My NYT Dining story from 2018. www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/d...

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Happy pub date @noamscheiber.bsky.social! His book "Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class," is all about what you've probably been noticing (rise) and perhaps hoping for (revolt). And check out this incredible cover. Excerpt below. Go buy this thing.

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Ron Lieber·Mar 23

BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Senator Warren has some questions for Mr. Beast about his newly acquired money app -- and his intentions around kids trading crypto -- after reading our story earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/b...

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Ron Lieber·Mar 9

Sixteen years pre-Noma revelations, I got kicked out of a restaurant for standing up to the chef (and up for the staff). Here's what happened: archive.nytimes.com/dinersjourna...

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Ron Lieber·Feb 3

My dad won his battle with ALS five years ago today. As we navigated a very tough journey, we got a lot of things right and a few things wrong. I wrote it all down not long after, and it's still one of the best columns I think I've ever written. Fred Lieber z'l. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/y...

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Ron Lieber·Jan 28

I gotta say, I prefer Goose to Geese, even after taking in this piece and the videos. How about you? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/a...

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Ron Lieber·Jan 20

BREAKING: Corporate law firms are now recruiting eighth graders for 2L summer associate jobs. yaledailynews.com/articles/law...

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Ron Lieber·Dec 11

My wife @jodikantor.bsky.social, minister to the clueless, has written a career pep talk for 22 year-olds. Perhaps yours has tuned you out? The (very short) book is out 4/21/26. Preorder link in the next frame (1/2) but here's People on the deal... people.com/how-to-start...

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Ron Lieber·Jul 17

The Trump administration seems to have forced Coke to become Mexican Coke. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

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Ron Lieber·Jul 9

BREAKING: Nutella cereal coming soon from Kellogg's. www.wsj.com/business/dea...

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