Megan McArdle
Megan McArdle is a Business and Economics Editor for The Atlantic
McArdle's work history includes three start-ups, four years as a technology project manager for a boutique consulting firm, a summer as an associate at an investment bank, and a year spent as sort of an executive copy girl for one of the disaster recovery firms at Ground Zero.
While working at Ground Zero, she started Live from the WTC, a blog focused on economics, business, and cooking. She may or may not have been the first major economics blogger, depending on whether we are allowed to throw outlying variables such as Brad Delong out of the set. From there it was but a few steps down the slippery slope to freelance journalism. For the past four years she has worked in various capacities for The Economist, where she wrote about economics and oversaw the founding of Free Exchange, the magazine's economics blog. She has also maintained her own blog, Asymmetrical Information, which moved to the Atlantic Monthly, along with its owner, in August 2007.
Megan holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. After a lifetime as a New Yorker, she now resides in northwest Washington DC.
The GOP Health Care Plan: A Difference In Kind, Not Degree
It effectively voucherizes Medicare.
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Here's The Truth About The NYT's Claim That GE Paid Zero Taxes In 2010
Does the NYT need to issue a correction?
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If Your Goal Is Permanent "Full Employment" Your Result Will Be Hyperinflation
We may need to raise our inflation target, but certainly not this high.
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ObamaCare First-Year Grades Are Pretty Underwhelming
One year in, the bill has arguably gotten less popular.
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How Much Economic Damage Will The Japanese Earthquake Do?
Let's look back at the 1995 earthquake.
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Why Do Conservatives Hate Trains?
Maybe they're turned off by all the rosy rhetoric.
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The Case For Firing Teachers
"...for me, the only important question is whether making it easier to fire teachers will make it easier, or harder, to educate kids."
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Will The GOP's Budget Cuts Drive The Economy Into The Ditch?
Claims about the effects of the cuts keep getting more theatrical.
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Mind Control Is Just Not That Easy
McArdle on Rolling Stone's Psy-Ops exposé.
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The Real Implications Of Obama's DOMA Decision
Is our political system totally broken?
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What, Exactly, Is At Stake In The Wisconsin Teachers' Union Showdown?
The situation has turned into a high-profile fight to the death.
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Showdown In Wisconsin
It's getting nasty.
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Prepare For Health Care Ping Pong
We still haven't figured out how to handle intra-year variations in income.
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How To Get Serious About The Budget
We can't wait any longer.
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Abortion: Would We Change Our Minds If We Only Knew ...?
"I am struck in the debates over abortion by how firmly each side is convinced that the other side is somehow deluding themselves."
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It's Time To Get Serious About The Deficit
Obama's proposal is disastrous.
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Own A Second Home In New York? Prepare For A Higher Tax Bill
The latest solution to the budget gap.
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The Post-Saddam Economy Of Iraq Is Bleak
Freedom and democracy have just lead to corruption.
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Why We Need To Prioritize Debt Payments Over Other Spending
Toomey's new plan is a good one.
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Does The Federal Government Even Want To Fix Fannie And Freddie?
There's actually an easy way to do it.
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