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Helaine Olen

reporter in residence at the Omidyar Network

Helaine Olen is a managing editor at the American Economic Liberties Project and a reporter in residence at the Omidyar Network. She is the author of "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" and a co-author of "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated." She has been a columnist for The Washington Post and Slate, and her work has also appeared in numerous other publications, including The New York Times and The Atlantic. 

Helaine Olen is a managing editor at the American Economic Liberties Project and a reporter in residence at the Omidyar Network. She is the author of "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" and a co-author of "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated." She has been a columnist for The Washington Post and Slate, and her work has also appeared in numerous other publications, including The New York Times and The Atlantic. 

Latest from Helaine Olen

1d ago

The Fed’s interest rate cut reflects an increasingly troubled economy

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by half a percent. The action will take the rate to between 4.75 percent and 5 percent immediately.
24d ago

This DOJ lawsuit is just one of several good signs for exhausted renters and homeowners

Recent announcements from the Federal Reserve, the Justice Department and Vice President Kamala Harris all tackle the problem of rising home prices and rents.
44d ago

The stock market rallied, but the economy isn’t out of the woods yet

Though Wall Street indexes made something of a comeback Tuesday, recent days have been brutal for investors.
52d ago

This billionaire Democrat’s brazen suggestion puts Kamala Harris in a lose-lose situation

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman wants Kamala Harris, if elected, to replace Lina Khan as head of the Federal Trade Commission.
71d ago

How a second Trump term could destroy Medicare as we know it

Project 2025 recommends making Medicare Advantage — the private insurance offering in Medicare — the default option for enrollment.
87d ago

Americans are mad about inflation. McDonald’s just admitted they were right.

As McDonald’s new value meal debuts this Tuesday, customers can get a McChicken or McBurger, four chicken nuggets, a small fries and a small drink for just $5.
119d ago

How Live Nation-Ticketmaster became the villain of our time

The Biden administration, along with a bipartisan group of 30 state attorney generals, filed suit Thursday against Live Nation, parent company of Ticketmaster.
121d ago

The union plan to unleash a cash tsunami for Biden

Monday marked the final day of Mary Kay Henry’s 14-year run as the head of the Service Employees International Union.
148d ago

Biden’s FTC just exposed one of the GOP and businesses’ biggest lies to workers

The Federal Trade Commission earlier this week voted to ban noncompete contracts for most workers in the United States.
171d ago

Outrage over California’s new fast-food minimum wage is hard to stomach

The California law is a response to the reality that fast food staffers and other face daily by raising hourly pay $4 above the state’s $16 an hour minimum wage.
179d ago

Trump fans buying into his new company are in for a disappointing time

Trump company Truth Social will be unlikely to earn much profit for investors in the DJT meme stock before the price eventually tumbles when he cashes out.