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 columnist and podcast host at The New York Times and the co-author of Abundance.

This program was held on August 25, 2026 in partnership with The Atlantic and Politics and Prose. Watch on YouTube.