Annie Lowrey

Annie Lowrey is an American journalist who writes about economic policy and politics for The Atlantic. She previously covered economic policy for The New York Times and wrote the Moneybox column for Slate. Her first book, a case for universal basic income, was shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and in 2026 she published The Time Tax, on how government wastes people's time and how to fix it.