Megan McArdle

... already had their demands for new cars? That's the argument made by Megan McArdle and others--that Cash for Clunkers just moved auto sales forward. ...

I have a confession: I love my huge television. A couple of years ago, thanks to a very large Amazon.com gift certificate and a very poor grasp of measurements, I adopted a 50-inch plasma. It utterly dominated my tiny living room until I finally moved, yet even then I loved it. The vivid colors and enormous crystal-clear picture were a worthy substitute for the cinema. Video games were even better -- and "Blade Runner" on Blu-ray was sublime. It ended up being a very costly purchase,… more

Megan McArdle's write-up on the conference is available on The Atlantic Online. ... Original Article

Megan McArdle of The Atlantic calls this the “evil-man theory of failure.” Something went wrong, and somebody must be blamed. ...

In the summer of 2000, David Poor, a direct descendant of a founder of Standard & Poor's, flew me to his family's Nantucket home on a private jet.

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Megan McArdle is the Business and Economics editor for The Atlantic.  Her writing has appeared in outlets including The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, the New York Sun, The New York Post, Reason magazine, and Salon.com.  Ms. McArdle holds a Bachelors in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and… more