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Annie Lowrey
Health & Human Services
Is This the End of Welfare as We Know It?
The overnight success of the new child tax credit has experts and parents taking a hard look at traditional welfare.
Health & Human Services
Millennials Aren’t Just Behind. They’re All Over the Place.
COMMENTARY | Today's economic conditions are not just holding Millennials back. They are stratifying them, leading to unequal experiences within the generation as well as between it and other cohorts.
Management
There’s No Such Thing as a Low-Skill Worker
COMMENTARY | The label flattens workers to a single attribute, ignoring the capacities they have and devaluing the work they do.
Finance
Stop Worrying About Budget Deficits
COMMENTARY | Red ink isn’t a problem as long as the country is spending on the right things.
Finance
States Need Federal Money to Do the Right Thing
COMMENTARY | Bailing out bars and restaurants would allow them to remain closed—and curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Finance
If You Soak the Rich, Will They Leave?
COMMENTARY | States and cities struggling through the pandemic recession are wondering if higher taxes will raise revenue, or cause a mass exodus.
Management
The Underemployment Crisis
COMMENTARY | Even before the pandemic, roughly one in 10 workers wanted to log more hours.
Finance
The Second Great Depression
COMMENTARY | At least four major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery.
Management
This Summer Will Scar Young Americans for Life
With jobs and internships canceled, Generation Z is entering a summer of uncertainty—and the damage could last forever.
Finance
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here
COMMENTARY | Many small businesses won’t survive, and that will change the landscape of American commerce for years to come.
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Finance
The Coronavirus Recession Will Be Unusually Difficult to Fight
COMMENTARY | Consequences will linger even after the virus dissipates.
Finance
The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America
COMMENTARY | In one of the best decades the American economy has ever recorded, families were bled dry.
Management
The Bill That Could Make California Livable Again
COMMENTARY | S.B. 50 would make the state denser, cheaper, greener, and more affordable.
Management
California Is Becoming Unlivable
The state is plagued by two major issues: wildfires and a lack of affordable housing. Each problem exacerbates the other.
Management
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.
Management
The Case Against Paper Straws
COMMENTARY | They’re a single-use, disposable consumer item—a greener option, but not a green one.
Health & Human Services
The Supreme Court Is Bad for Your Health
COMMENTARY | Its decision to let states opt out of the Medicaid expansion turned out to have lethal consequences.
Finance
The City That’s Giving People Money
COMMENTARY | Randomly selected Stockton residents are receiving $500 a month. The experiment might prove that guaranteed income works.
Management