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The Wonder Reader

Why We Buy What We Do

December 10, 2022

Soup cans that say "sale price"

The Lie of Consumer Convenience

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 7, 2022

15 Readers on How They’re Cutting Costs

Conor Friedersdorf

November 21, 2022

a person with a shopping cart at a grocery store

Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct

November 17, 2022

Hip-Hop Needs an Intervention

Too $hort and E-40

November 15, 2022

A picture of a young black man wearing chains and a hoodie but his face is blurred.

How to Build a Life

Marriage Is a Team Sport

Arthur C. Brooks

November 10, 2022

Illustration of a couple riding the same skateboard and holding hands. The skateboard's wheels are smiley faces.

No One’s Ever Become a Billionaire Quite Like This

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 9, 2022

A photo of a pile of dollar bills, set against a black background

Mississippi Shows What’s Wrong With Welfare in America

October 29, 2022

Collage of Phil Bryant, Brett Favre, and a map of Mississippi

A Plan to Cool Off the Hottest Neighborhoods

October 26, 2022

People plant small trees along a river next to a busy road

How to Spend Time on What You Value

Becca Rashid and Arthur C. Brooks

October 24, 2022

Image of multiple floating clocks against a black background

Babies Don’t Need Fancy Things

Annie Midori Atherton

October 24, 2022

Illustration featuring various items of baby gear with gold medals on them

The Irony of Brett Favre

October 3, 2022

Illustration of Brett Favre.

Why Quitting Is Underrated

September 27, 2022

A hamster walking away from its hamster wheel.

Work In Progress

What Don’t People Get About Your Job?

September 21, 2022

Black-and-white picture of office building, with windows showing silhouettes of people working

Work In Progress

The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy

June 13, 2022

A passenger looks at their phone in the backseat of a dark car.

We Tell Ourselves Stories About Money to Live

May 26, 2022

A faceless man in a suit almost shoulder deep in a pile of money

How Affluence Pulls People Away From Their Families

Stephanie H. Murray

May 11, 2022

Black-and-white photos of a man, a woman holding a baby, and a baby are collaged onto a peach-colored background with red map lines printed on top.

Money Still Can’t Buy Cool

Xochitl Gonzalez

April 27, 2022

Dancers on the dance floor at the El Morocco nightclub in New York, 1988.

You Have $1 Billion. How Do You Change the World?

Conor Friedersdorf

April 25, 2022

black-and-white photo of a globe surrounded by the outline of a black rectangle

Should Couples Merge Their Finances?

April 20, 2022

A photo illustration of two toothbrushes sticking out of a roll of cash

How Can Individual People Most Help Ukraine?

April 1, 2022

An illustration of an umbrella, with a gun as the umbrella shaft, blocking falling rain

It’s a Great Time to Hoard Nickels

March 18, 2022

An illustration of a crate filled with nickels

The Rule of Thumb That Can Save You Money on Gas

Judith Lewis Mernit

March 12, 2022

A turtle shell acts as the body of a car

An Ode to Giving People Money

April 2022 Issue

illustration of hand with stack of cash blowing away in the wind, with white clouds on bright green background

Sports Betting Is Ruining More Than Your Bank Account

February 11, 2022

An image of a slot machine with a three footballs

Why I’m Buying the Ida B. Wells Doll

January 21, 2022

Where Marx Meets Migos

January 17, 2022

Illustration of a person wearing a crossword jacket and sitting at a desk, working on a crossword puzzle on a laptop. An "I Heart Crosswords" poster is taped up on the wall.

The One Thing TV Characters Don’t Talk About

January 7, 2022

Nana Mensah as Yaz and Bob Balaban as Rentz in episode 102 of The Chair

How to Build a Life

Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.

Arthur C. Brooks

December 30, 2021

Winged smiley faces flying out of a person's open palms

A New Estimate of the ‘Most Effective’ Way to Fight Climate Change

December 15, 2021

Members of Sunrise Movement stand in front of the Capitol during a press conference.

How to Build a Life

What You’re Really Worried About When You’re Worried About Money

Arthur C. Brooks

December 9, 2021

A woman lies on top of a giant piggy bank.

The Kleptocrats Next Door

January/February 2022 Issue

two black rods with a black snake in an S-shape form a dollar sign on a pale green background

The Atlantic Daily: To Shop or Not to Shop?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 25, 2021

Letter A on envelope on red background

When Other People Don’t See Your Creative Career as “Work”

November 22, 2021

A series of illustrations depicting different people doing creative activities, like painting or singing

The Massive Progressive Dark-Money Group You’ve Never Heard Of

November 2, 2021

Sampriti Ganguli with blue circles and lines around her

Say Goodbye to Your Manager

September 17, 2021

An empty office