Megan McArdle is a special correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast covering business, economics, and public policy. A former senior editor at The Atlantic and writer for The Economist, Megan has a diverse work history including three small startups and a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero.
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How to Get Ahead on Facebook Without Really Trying
There’s no mystery to how to make the social-networking site work for you.... MORE
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Why Not Make Social Security Benefits Even More Generous
People haven't saved enough for retirement. Should the government make it up to them? MORE
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How Are You Saving?
As we head into the fifth year of the financial crisis, people are still cutting back. MORE
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The Federal Government Should Hire the Long-Term Unemployed
Too many people seem to have left the labor market for good. Here's how to get some of them back. MORE
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Why Hugo Chavez Was Bad for Venezuela
It's no good doing redistribution if you don't have anything to distribute in the first place. MORE
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There's a Reason That Addicts Say Yes to Drugs
How can reality compete with bliss? MORE
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The Administration's Thin Complaints About the Sequester
Why do their claims keep falling apart under scrutiny? MORE
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You And All Your Friends Must Read This Story Right Now, Or You Will Probably Die
No, seriously, depending on age and health, you'll die in an average of 30 years, ± 30 years MORE
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"Pioneer" Health Care Plans Circle the Wagons Against Pay-for-Performance
Accountable Care Organizations were supposed to be the saviors of the health care system.... MORE
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Don't Have Enough to Worry About? Here's One More Thing: Low Growth May be Here to Stay.
We're all waiting for growth to return. What if it doesn't? MORE
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The Glass-Half-Full-Economy
Let's remember that it's not all bad MORE
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Can the Government Control Health Care Costs By Fiat
Bureaucrats are not Captain Jean-Luc Picard. They cannot just "make it so". MORE
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The Quixotic Crusade Against the Keystone Pipeline
Stopping Keystone won't stop the oil from flowing. It won't even really slow it down. MORE
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Memo from Groupon's CEO: I Was Fired
Andrew Mason's resignation letter doesn't mince words MORE
