Annie Lowrey
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Max Whittaker / Reuters The Next Recession Will Destroy Millennials
Millennials are already in debt and without savings. After the next downturn, they’ll be in even bigger trouble.
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Eric Risberg/AP Five Stories From the Future
Atlantic writers look ahead at Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the next Great British Bake Off, the big split in retail, and more.
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Eric Baradat / Getty Images The Case Against Paper Straws
They’re a single-use, disposable consumer item—a greener option, but not a green one.
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Loren Elliot / Reuters Conservatives Are Wrong About What’s Driving Immigration
It’s jobs and social networks that bring immigrants to America—not government benefits.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters The Supreme Court Is Bad for Your Health
Its decision to let states opt out of the Medicaid expansion turned out to have lethal consequences.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters More Money Than Anyone Imagined
A quick explanation for why the tech bubble never burst
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Callaghan O'Hare / Reuters Pumping Milk and Nursing Are Not the Same
Some 85 percent of breastfeeding mothers use a pump at least some of the time, but research on the subject is lacking.
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Susan Walsh / AP What Acosta Has Done Other Than Let Epstein Off the Hook
Trump said the secretary of labor is doing a “fantastic job.” Is that right?
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About the Economy
At the debates, the candidates didn’t tussle over unemployment.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters What Facebucks Can Do for the Global Poor
Facebook’s Libra would be free to use and free to roam, changing hands and crossing borders costlessly or nearly costlessly.
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Image Source via Getty Give Us Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A new book proposes we let robots do all the work.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Too Many People Want to Travel
Massive crowds are causing environmental degradation, dangerous conditions, and the immiseration and pricing-out of locals.
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Ramon Espinosa/ AP You Get a Tariff! You Get a Tariff! Everybody Gets a Tariff!
Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico. That would put the entire global economy at risk.
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Max Whittaker / Reuters The City That’s Giving People Money
Randomly selected Stockton residents are receiving $500 a month. The experiment might prove that guaranteed income works.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Trump Thinks Tariffs Work (And How They Actually Work)
To make the case for his trade war with China, the president is relying on blatant falsehoods and misconceptions.
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Jim Young / Reuters The U.S. Doesn’t Deserve the World Bank Presidency
Limiting the talent pool to Americans is unjustifiable—and Trump’s nomination of David Malpass only makes this clearer.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How to Soak the Rich
Democratic 2020 candidates are already discussing how to make a more progressive tax code. What’s the best way?
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Alexander Drago / Reuters The Shutdown Is Over, Long Live the Shutdown
Worry and uncertainty remain, even with the federal government back up and running.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Let Them Eat Low-Interest Loans
The Trump administration is proving blind to the pain many workers are experiencing, and cavalier about the dangers that an extended shutdown poses.
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The Pitfalls of Weed Legalization
Does marijuana pose significant public-health risks?
