The Era of Thrash
The American economy has been in chaos longer than you think.
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Annie Lowrey
Annie Lowrey is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She is the author of Give People Money, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Prior to joining The Atlantic, she was a staff writer for The New York Times and New York magazine, as well as the Moneybox columnist for Slate. At The Atlantic, she writes about the economy and politics.
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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
Illustration by The Atlantic; Sources: malerapaso / Getty Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster
By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.
Samuel Corum / Bloomberg / Getty The Cost of Chaos
The Liberation Day pause is better than the Liberation Day policy itself was. But Americans are getting a raw deal one way or another.
Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty The Only Way to Stop the Financial Crisis
Trump isn’t listening to what the stock market is telling him. He’s not negotiating with foreign leaders in good faith. He’s not hearing what corporate CEOs are saying.
Michael Nagle / Bloomberg / Getty Here Are the Places Where the Recession Has Already Begun
Towns near the Canadian border are suffering.
Katsarov Luna / Bloomberg / Getty The Tariff Man Is Coming for America’s Entrepreneurs
One small business has paid nearly $30,000 in the past two months.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: lillisphotography / Getty; Holy Polygon / Getty. There Are Two Kinds of Credit Cards
Yet another way the poor are subsidizing the rich
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
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