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Libertarians and the Urban Planning Culture War | Forbes

August 30, 2011

I share the skepticism of other libertarians, such as Megan McArdle, about the viability of the various intercity rail projects now under consideration. And it's not hard to find examples of light rail projects that come nowhere near to passing a basic ...

Twisting the Web | The Washington Post

August 26, 2011

It was eventually debunked by Atlantic blogger Megan McArdle. Digital manipulation is nothing new. It has been occurring in print for years. A computer-generated image of Princess Diana is shown with Kate Middleton on the July 4 issue of Newsweek. ...

A Strike Too Far

  • By
  • Megan McArdle,
  • New America Foundation
August 22, 2011 |

If a union falls by the wayside and nobody notices, does it make a difference?

Verizon's union workforce will return to work tomorrow, after a 16-day strike. You may have noticed that you didn't notice.

Big Ideas To Fix the Economy: Tax the Rich | The Takeaway

August 18, 2011


Megan McArdle, senior editor at The Atlantic, also joins us. McArdle agrees that taxing the rich would benefit the economy, but warns that it won't be as simple as some might think. Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, ...

Factors Pushing the U.S. Economy | Marketplace

August 17, 2011


The one thing that's certain about what's going on in this economy is that there's a whole lot of stuff happening that's not very certain. That's the second half of the broadcast today -- how businesses both big and small are dealing with that. Right now, a perspective on how we got here from commentator and business writer Megan McArdle. ...

Devil’s Advocate

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  • Megan McArdle,
  • New America Foundation
August 9, 2011 |

If you had known Austan Goolsbee way back when, you might not have expected him to ever chair President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Even now, at 41, he still looks more like one of his M.B.A. students than like a professor.

How Can We Get the Long-Term Unemployed Back to Work? | The Takeaway

August 1, 2011


Megan McArdle is the business and economics editor for The Atlantic. She wrote about this suggestion recently for the magazine, and tells us about this and some other possible solutions for the long-term unemployed. Register for your own account so you ...

The Case for Raising the Debt Limit | Washington Examiner

July 27, 2011

As the Atlantic's Megan McArdle has noted, this would leave a whole lot out, including border patrol and funding for federal prisons, among many other government functions that conservatives favor. And remember, it won't be conservatives who will be ...

Tricks of the Trade with the Atlantic's Senior Editor Megan McArdle | Fishbowl DC

July 21, 2011

Today we chat with The Atlantic's Senior Editor Megan McArdle to learn what reporting and writing tips she has up her sleeve. Credentials: She's a blogger and writer. She has an undergraduate degree in ...

A Downgrade of U.S. Debt Won't Matter as Much as You Think | CNBC

July 19, 2011

Megan McArdle at The Atlantic spelled out the logic behind this view: Institutions like insurance companies have strict regulations about the quality of the assets they can buy, and S&P ratings, among other things, are the proxy that we use to judge ...

A Tale of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And ... | TechCrunch

July 16, 2011

Megan McArdle wrote a poignant article entitled “Why Unemployment Matters” in last week's Atlantic where she detailed some of the crushing residual effects of being out of work. It's worth reading and asking the questions: Can we be doing more about ...

Another Casualty of U.S. Downgrade: Too Big To Fail Banks | The Atlantic

July 15, 2011

On Thursday, my colleague Megan McArdle noted that the rating agency Moody's said lots of different kinds of debt would be hit by a US downgrade. Examples include municipal bonds and agency mortgage-backed securities, both of which are awarded high ...

Column One: Caution: Storm Approaching | Jerusalem Post

July 15, 2011

This is the case because as Megan McArdle at The Atlantic wrote this week, the amount of Greek debt held by European and US banks is difficult to assess. WORSE STILL, the banking crisis will only intensify in the wake of a Greek default. ...

U.S. Debt Crisis Heads Into Critical Stage | MSN Money

July 5, 2011

The Atlantic's Megan McArdle says the best budget deals have generally had bipartisan support. Why? "If one party tries to do things all their own way, well, the other party will promptly be elected to undo some of those changes. ...

The Case for Inherited Wealth | CNBC

June 9, 2011

Over at the Atlantic, Megan McArdle makes the provocative argument for outlawing inheritance. The crux of her argument is that we need not respect the rights of the dead because “dead people don't have rights.” “They don't own property. ...

McArdle Warns, 'Never, Ever Cosign a Loan' | NPR

June 7, 2011


Megan McArdle, business and economics editor for The Atlantic, insists it's an easy decision: With the high default rate on loans that require a co-signer, she says, do not ever co-sign on a loan.

South Dakota Abortion Restrictions: Where Will Women Go if Abortion Were ... | Slate

May 26, 2011

Anti-choice terrorism compelled Megan McArdle of the Atlantic to wonder if the price of abortion rights in all 50 states was far too high. Folding up shop in the reddest red states is a provocative suggestion. It could be a way to de-escalate the ...

Summit Seeks Fiscal Road Map | Politico

May 25, 2011

Also on hand will be The New York Times's David Brooks, The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel, The Atlantic's Megan McArdle, CNBC's Maria Bartiromo and PBS's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff. The summit will include a discussion of proposals on how to ...

Journalists Spar Over Goldman Sachs' Potential Criminal Activity | Salon

May 16, 2011

On Sunday's "Your Money" on CNN, Taibbi pushes his point against Megan McArdle of the Atlantic Monthly. McArdle, described on CrooksAndLiars.com as a "Wall Street apologist" essentially suggests that we shouldn't prosecute the bankers, ...

End Gifted Programs? | National Review Online

May 13, 2011

Megan McArdle and Arnold Kling think it's a good idea, based on a study that found that on standardized tests, middle-school-age “borderline gifted” students score the same whether they were placed in normal or gifted classrooms. ...

The Vigilante

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  • Megan McArdle,
  • New America Foundation
May 10, 2011 |

In February 1993, as the fledgling Clinton administration grappled with the nation's budget woes, campaign adviser James Carville groused to The Wall Street Journal: "I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or a .400 baseball hitter. But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everyone." If Carville were serving in the Obama administration today, he'd be seeking reincarnation as Bill Gross.

A Schoolteacher's Words Are Confused with MLK's and Other Famous Misquotes | The New Republic

May 5, 2011

As Megan McArdle pointed out this week for The Atlantic, “Fake quotations are pithier, more dramatic, more on point, than the things people usually say in real life.” Here, we take a look at some of history's most notable misquotes.

Obama, Osama and MLK | Salon

May 3, 2011

The Atlantic's Megan McArdle went up with a "gotcha" post, accusing folks with reservations about both bin Laden's killing and its celebration with fabricating evidence that King would have agreed with them. But then it came out that, while King didn't ...

What's the Matter with Elasticities? (Answer: Maybe Nothing) | Grist Magazine

April 29, 2011

With this backdrop, consider the strange post this week by The Atlantic business and economics editor Megan McArdle. I've long been an advocate of some form of carbon taxation -- gas tax, source fuels tax, even cap-and-trade if nothing else is ...

How Serious Are We Really About the Deficit? | The Washington Post

April 27, 2011

Megan McArdle, economics editor for the Atlantic, estimates that a tax increase of 5 or 6 percent of GDP would require everyone's tax burden to increase by a third. Economic growth would be undermined. Wealth would move toward nontaxable investments ...

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