Lowrey to join The Atlantic’s new ideas section

Annie Lowrey, who has been covering economic policy for The Atlantic for the past 13 months, is joining the magazine’s forthcoming section for ideas, opinion, and commentary.

The ideas section will gather together a diverse range of voices from around the globe, featuring contributions from those whose experiences and expertise can offer new perspectives.

Lowrey has written about the inequality beneath the sexual harassment headlines, the country’s “deserving poor,” and the rise and fall and rise of late capitalism.

She has previously written for The New York Times, New York magazine, and Slate, and is the author of “Give People Money,” a book on the universal basic income movement, to be published by Crown in July.

Lowrey will now be a weekly columnist focusing on, among other topics, economics and the impact of government policy on people.