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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America's Jobless Crisis
It's the most important issue facing America today. What can we do? MORE
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The Cost of Boston
How much did we lose when we shut the city down? MORE
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Amateur Hour
Amateurs went hunting for the Boston bombers, and ended up hurting innocent people. MORE
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The Most Dangerous Substance in America May Be Fertilizer
Common, cheap, and deadly, ammonium nitrate is a necessary evil MORE
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Should the Police Have Shut Boston Down?
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Manhunt for Boston Terrorists
Two Chechnyan brothers have been fingered in the attack. One is dead, one still at large.... MORE
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Fractions Are Hard
Is Our Administrators Learning? MORE
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Why Don't More Social Scientists Share Their Data?
It's not malevolent. But the results of data secrecy can be. MORE
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Why the President Lost on Gun Control
He asked for too much, and got nothing. MORE
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Obamacare May Put Some Unions Out of Business
The subsidies will undercut their biggest selling point MORE
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Is Labor Turning Against Obamacare?
A union is calling for the law's repeal MORE
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Rogoff and Reinhart Respond
Macro is hard MORE
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Did Reinhart and Rogoff Flub a Major Statistic?
A much-cited figure on debt and growth comes under fire. MORE
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Why Are Attacks Like Boston So Rare?
It would be easy to kill lots of people every day in a place as open as America.... MORE
