Annie Lowrey
She is the author of Give People Money, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Prior to joining The Atlantic, she was a staff writer for The New York Times and New York magazine, as well as the Moneybox columnist for Slate. At The Atlantic, she writes about the economy and politics.
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Getty; The Atlantic You Should Probably Wait to Buy a Home
Why the housing market is so brutal right now
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic The Black Investors Who Were Burned by Bitcoin
Neglected by the traditional financial system, they got into cryptocurrency with gusto—but late.
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The Atlantic Harassment in Economics Doesn’t Stay in Economics
When women in the profession face mistreatment, everyone suffers.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine
For Americans to live a productive, prosperous, happy life, homes need to be truly abundant.
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Getty; The Atlantic Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct
The swift downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried brings unnecessary suspicion on a valuable form of philanthropy.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic The Crypto Meltdown Could Have Been So Much Worse
By putting off demands from cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and Wall Street, Washington protected the financial system.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Why Is America Always Divided 50–50?
Despite wrenching economic and political changes in the country, Democrats and Republicans keep finding themselves nearly tied in election after election.
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AP; CBPP; Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Mississippi Shows What’s Wrong With Welfare in America
Public officials plundered a system built on contempt for poor people.
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Chris Wattie / Reuter Why the U.S. Gets Away With More Than Britain Does
Global jitters are making the dollar even stronger.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Reason Child Care Is So Hard to Afford
Without far more public investment, the cost of good care will always exceed what most families can pay.
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The Atlantic Teachers, Nurses, and Child-Care Workers Have Had Enough
The burnout crisis in pink-collar occupations puts everyone’s well-being at risk.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty The Economist Who Knows the Miracle Is Over
An era of remarkable prosperity has ended.
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Adam Glanzman / Bloomberg / Getty; The Atlantic Andrew Yang Doesn’t Have Any Litmus Tests
The former Democratic candidate says his fledgling third party will attract voters who disagree with one another.
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Drew Angerer / Bloomberg / Getty; The Atlantic A Democratic Economist’s Case Against Biden’s Student-Loan Plan
Jason Furman, a former Obama economic adviser, thinks Biden’s debt-relief plan helps too many of the wrong people.
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Nyimas Laula / The New York Times / … Generation Z Doesn’t Remember When America Worked
Young Americans face a dire economy—and steep odds against political change.
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Eve Arnold / Magnum Photos American Motherhood
My pregnancies could have killed me, but at least I chose them.
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Brian Finke A Crisis Historian Has Some Bad News for Us
Adam Tooze, a historian of economic disaster, sees a combination of worrisome signs.
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Jonathan Alcorn / Bloomberg / Getty America Wasted Its Chance to Push the Economy Forward
Interest rates were low for years. Imagine how much the country could have gotten done.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Shutterstock The End of the Asset Economy
Rising interest rates are ending an era in which the rich got much, much richer.
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Jenn Ackerman / The New York Times / … The Most Important Study in the Abortion Debate
Researchers rigorously tested the persistent notion that abortion wounds the women who seek it.
