Annie Lowrey
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Getty / The Atlantic Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off
A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.
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Getty / The Atlantic Earmarks Are Good
Why shouldn’t Democrats curry Joe Manchin’s favor with a few sky bridges and concert halls?
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Getty / The Atlantic The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage
The benefits of a $15 minimum would greatly outweigh the costs.
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Getty / The Atlantic Stocks Don't Care About the Coup
As the Capitol rocked, capital shrugged. How can that be?
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Getty / The Atlantic How the Low Minimum Wage Helps Rich Companies
Low wages benefit employers at the expense of both workers and taxpayers.
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John Prieto / The Denver Post / Getty ... Growing Old, Alone
Isolation has taken a tremendous emotional toll on many older Americans.
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Shutterstock / Getty Stop Worrying About Budget Deficits
Red ink isn’t a problem as long as the country is spending on the right things.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Easy Way for Joe Biden to Save Lives
Eliminating nicotine from tobacco products could help up to 5 million adult smokers quit within a year.
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Getty / Shutterstock / The Atlantic America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?
The U.S. entered the coronavirus recession with a few structural advantages. Its success may not last for long.
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Shutterstock / Getty / The Atlantic Go Ahead, Forgive Student Debt
Debt forgiveness is not the best form of stimulus available. But Joe Biden shouldn’t waver.
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Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic States Need Federal Money to Do the Right Thing
Bailing out bars and restaurants would allow them to remain closed—and curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Divided Government Will Doom the Economy
As Washington dithers, the country will suffer.
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The Atlantic Why the Election Wasn’t a Biden Landslide
Despite a pandemic and an abysmal recession, five economic factors spared the incumbent from a more lopsided loss.
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Arturo Holmes / Getty America Chose Sickness, and Lost the Economy
There is no saving the economy without guaranteeing worker health.
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Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg / Getty If You Soak the Rich, Will They Leave?
States and cities struggling through the pandemic recession are wondering if higher taxes will raise revenue, or cause a mass exodus.
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Getty / The Atlantic Why the Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Help
The pandemic recession is wildly uneven. Wealthy people are doing just fine. Hourly workers are not.
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Getty / The Atlantic How to Make Sure Trump and People Like Him Pay Taxes
Solutions include: a stronger IRS, a wealth tax, and less complexity.
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BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL / AFP / Getty The U.S. Is on the Path to Destruction
Climate change is killing Americans and destroying the country’s physical infrastructure.
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The Bunker Magnates Hate to Say They Told You So
Our paranoid moment has ushered in a run on supplements, survivalist gear, and all manner of prepper accommodations. Welcome to the age of conspiracy capitalism.
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The Atlantic All That Performative Environmentalism Adds Up
Don’t depersonalize climate change.
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