# Annie Lowrey

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The Time Cost of Bureaucracy

Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time―and How to Fix It (Ecco, 2026), looks at the data on the amount of time Americans spend filling out paperwork and following up it to access things they are entitled to—and what could lessen…

How the government wastes our time

Atlantic journalist Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits like unemployment and food assistance. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her boo…

Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | The Tax Nobody Talks About: Your Time

David Plotz talks with journalist Annie Lowrey about her new book The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It, an investigation into the hours Americans lose to broken bureaucracy, from 12-hour tax filings to multiyear waits for housing vouchers and building permits. Lowrey t…

Gabfest Reads | The Tax Nobody Talks About: Your Time

David Plotz talks with journalist Annie Lowrey about her new book The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It, an investigation into the hours Americans lose to broken bureaucracy, from 12-hour tax filings to multiyear waits for housing vouchers and building permits. Lowrey t…

Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | The Tax Nobody Talks About: Your Time

David Plotz talks with journalist Annie Lowrey about her new book The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It, an investigation into the hours Americans lose to broken bureaucracy, from 12-hour tax filings to multiyear waits for housing vouchers and building permits. Lowrey t…

Man Oh Man: Why Male Voters Shifted Right

In the weeks following the election, Democrats are confronting uncomfortable questions as to why much of the electorate—particularly men—abandoned the Left. This week, we're joined by Richard Reeves, President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, and Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlanti…

Annie Lowrey on Why Government Bureaucracy Sucks So Much

You can find my Patreon page here. Annie Lowrey is a staff writer at The Atlantic who focuses on economic issues like welfare policy, income inequality, and what an ideal tax policy would look like. She is the author of the recent book The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fi…

Blueprint for human-centered government

Author and journalist Annie Lowrey discusses her new book, "The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time and How to Fix It," and how simplifying America’s bureaucratic systems could save people time, reduce frustration and make government services more accessible and efficient.

Recode Decode: Why do some in the tech community support universal basic income?

Journalist Annie Lowrey talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World." Lowrey says there's ample evidence from countries like India, Brazil and Mexico that giving a small amount of c…

Annie Lowrey, journalist, with Ezra Klein

In The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It, The Atlantic staff writer traces the history of administrative burdens in the U.S. from the Civil War to today and offers a guide for reclaiming our precious time. Lowrey is in conversation with her husband Ezra Klein, a columni…