Jordan Weissmann

Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal.

Who's Killing Coal: Obama or the Market?

Who's Killing Coal: Obama or the Market?

Answer: the market. More »

The Beginning of the End of Print: The Lessons of an Amazingly Prescient 1992 WaPo Memo

The Beginning of the End of Print: The Lessons of an Amazingly Prescient 1992 WaPo Memo

"Our goal, obviously, is to avoid getting boiled as the electronic revolution continues." More »

What a 1925 Ad for <i>The Great Gatsby</i> Tells Us About Book Prices

What a 1925 Ad for The Great Gatsby Tells Us About Book Prices

A new book then cost just about the same as a new hardcover now. More »

Study: Your Boss Really Is More Productive Than You (Sorry)

Study: Your Boss Really Is More Productive Than You (Sorry)

New research says great managers are really great teachers. What are your thoughts? More »

Why Is the Price of Gold Falling?

Why Is the Price of Gold Falling?

China's problems are gold's problems More »

How Falling Cocoa Prices Are Messing With Colombia's Drug War

How Falling Cocoa Prices Are Messing With Colombia's Drug War

Convincing farmers to trade the cocaine business for the chocolate business is getting even harder than it used to be. More »

How the Great Recession Proved, Beyond a Doubt, the Value of a College Degree

How the Great Recession Proved, Beyond a Doubt, the Value of a College Degree

The job market for high school grads has been frozen since it bottomed out in 2010. More »

Forget the iPhone: Look at the Remarkable 3-Year Rise of Android

Forget the iPhone: Look at the Remarkable 3-Year Rise of Android

It's gone from being a footnote to owning the global smartphone market. More »

How Grotesque Could Our Cigarette Labels Get? (Just Look at Australia's)

How Grotesque Could Our Cigarette Labels Get? (Just Look at Australia's)

Who gets to decide just how disgusting our cigarette packages will be? Maybe the Supreme Court. More »

How Would Paul Ryan's Vision Change the U.S. Education System?

How Would Paul Ryan's Vision Change the U.S. Education System?

Two words: cut and privatize. More »

Is Medicaid Doomed? How Ryan's Plan Would Affect America's Very Poorest

Is Medicaid Doomed? How Ryan's Plan Would Affect America's Very Poorest

He doesn't just want to trim the program. He wants to demolish it, and build something smaller in its place. More »

The Upper-Middle Class Has Itself to Blame for Student Debt

The Upper-Middle Class Has Itself to Blame for Student Debt

A tragedy of the university commons. More »

Does Apple Have a Young-People Problem?

Does Apple Have a Young-People Problem?

Young adults say they're hearing worse and worse news about Apple these days. That makes the company's terrible recent ads all the more puzzling. More »

5 Graphs That Show How Crazy It Is to Compare California to Greece

5 Graphs That Show How Crazy It Is to Compare California to Greece

I honor of Mitt Romney's most recent dig at the Golden State. More »

The Perverse Reason Home Prices Are Rising

The Perverse Reason Home Prices Are Rising

Like every good piece of economic news these days, this one comes with a catch. More »

The Real Problem With Welfare: It Stopped Helping the Poor

The Real Problem With Welfare: It Stopped Helping the Poor

Just four out of every ten eligible families receive help from the program. More »

Why Are Young People Ditching Cars for Smartphones?

Why Are Young People Ditching Cars for Smartphones?

For cash-strapped twenty-somethings, staying connected may be worth more than a set of wheels. More »

We Now Have Our Smallest Government in 45 Years

We Now Have Our Smallest Government in 45 Years

Put on your bell bottoms and tie-dye: the public sector hasn't been this tiny compared to the size of the country since 1968. More »

Why Are We Still Firing Teachers? Surprise: It's the Housing Market

Why Are We Still Firing Teachers? Surprise: It's the Housing Market

Maybe it's time to rethink whether the quality of our kids' educations should be tied to our property values. More »

It's Not (Just) the Culture, Stupid: 4 Reasons Why Israel's Economy Is So Strong

It's Not (Just) the Culture, Stupid: 4 Reasons Why Israel's Economy Is So Strong

The government has learned from economic disaster, embraced high-skilled immigrants, played venture capitalist, and imported one heck of a good central banker. More »

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