Annie Lowrey

Ending child poverty, stopping the opioid crisis, improving child nutrition, providing a high-quality public education to students, ending the racial wealth gap:…

— Annie Lowrey

The world needs to slash emissions by tens of billions of tons annually, which categorically requires government investment and government regulations.

— Annie Lowrey

The things to watch are whether the country's borrowing costs are rising, whether its budgetary allotment for payments on the debt is…

— Annie Lowrey

In general, more affordable housing correlates with lower income inequality.

— Annie Lowrey

The world is falling apart and nobody is there for you, 2020 has shown it over and over again. But American capitalism is.

— Annie Lowrey

The United States needs a much more progressive tax-and-transfer infrastructure, given how dramatically inequality has increased. But not every single policy needs…

— Annie Lowrey

Perhaps the country's most pressing problem is its high uninsured rate. Every other country as wealthy as the United States has figured…

— Annie Lowrey

Making a paper straw requires growing a tree, cutting it down, and pulping and pressing it into a tube. Manufacturers then use…

— Annie Lowrey

Taxes do have a clear record of curbing the consumption of, and thus the public-health impact of, tobacco and alcohol.

— Annie Lowrey

Indeed, the share of teachers in a union has fallen to less than half, driven in part by older, unionized teachers retiring,…

— Annie Lowrey

After moving to California, I went on a no-buy streak. I began refusing short plane trips, using public transit or walking whenever…

— Annie Lowrey

Fighting recessions and building public infrastructure, including care, health, and educational infrastructure - this should not be the work of citizens. When…

— Annie Lowrey

Many economists and industry experts agree that the United States faces unfair competition and artificially low prices that have damaged the domestic…

— Annie Lowrey

Your wealth is the value of your assets - your retirement accounts, your home, the unsold stocks - minus your debts, like…

— Annie Lowrey

Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers.

— Annie Lowrey

No country save for India is expected to bear a heavier financial burden from climate change than the United States.

— Annie Lowrey

In Opportunity Zones, as they are called, investors will receive huge tax breaks for building office parks, warehouses, housing, grocery stores, and…

— Annie Lowrey

In functioning high-income countries, the government guarantees the provision of essential goods and services: medical care, transit between cities, supplies for public…

— Annie Lowrey