Matthew O'Brien

Matthew O'Brien is an associate editor at The Atlantic covering business and economics. He has previously written for The New Republic.

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This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy

This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy

The 1970s are over, man More »

That's a 'Depression': Europe's Double-Dip Is Officially Longer Than Its Great Recession

That's a 'Depression': Europe's Double-Dip Is Officially Longer Than Its Great Recession

The Old Continent has that 1930s feeling More »

How to Design the Perfect Tax on Hipsters

How to Design the Perfect Tax on Hipsters

Income taxes are so over More »

The Euro Is Still Doomed, in 2 Charts

The Euro Is Still Doomed, in 2 Charts

Keep those souvenirs, kids (Reuters)The euro is barbarous, but it's not (yet) a relic. Whether it can stop from becoming the latter depends on whether it can stop being the former.Okay, that's a bit unfair. For all its flaws, the euro is less doomed than it used to be. Foreign borrowing and borrowing costs have both fallen considerably the past year in its troubled countries. Those countries had, with the exception of Italy, depended on big capital inflows during… More »

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