Joe Nocera is a columnist for The Free Press, and co-author of The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind, with Bethany McLean. His business journalism has appeared in numerous publications, including Esquire, Bloomberg, and The New York Times. He also wrote and produced the hit podcasts The Shrink Next Door and Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner. His previous books include All the Devils Are Here and Indentured.