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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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.
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty What Chesa Boudin Revealed About an Undemocratic Election System
Recall efforts are a symptom of a deeper political disease.
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Gabrielle Lurie / San Francisco Chronicle / Getty The People vs. Chesa Boudin
San Franciscans do not feel safe and secure.
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Getty; The Atlantic Four Years Among the NIMBYs
Robert Fruchtman has documented dozens of community meetings, making it easier for activists, politicians, and journalists to notice San Francisco’s housing crisis and get involved.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Everyone Is So Mad About the Economy
Nobody escapes inflation.
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Getty ; The Atlantic $100 Million to Cut the Time Tax
The nonprofit Code for America thinks it can unwind the administrative burdens that annoy and impoverish countless families.
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Carolyn Drake / Magnum The Wrong Way to Tackle Inflation
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal sounds reasonable, given that gas costs $5 a gallon or more in much of the state. It is not.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Inflation Is Bad and About to Get Worse
Rising inflation is raising the prospect of a period of economic stagnation or even a recession.
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Getty; The Atlantic Can Sanctions Stop Russia?
Nicholas Mulder, the author of a new book on the history of sanctions, explains the West’s use of the “economic weapon.”
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty; … Biden’s State of the Union Audience of One
By pivoting to deficit reduction, the president is sending a signal to Senator Joe Manchin.
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Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg / Getty Good Luck Convincing Anyone That the Economy Is Strong
Joe Biden has plenty to brag about at the State of Union. Is anyone going to believe him?
