Author

Books by Helaine Olen

Helaine Olen is an American journalist and author whose work focuses on personal finance, the financial services industry, and economic inequality. Her previous book, Pound Foolish (2012), offered a critical examination of the personal finance industry. She writes regularly for The Washington Post and has contributed to The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications. Harold Pollack, her co-author, is a professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School and a health policy researcher. The Index Card grew out of a viral moment in a 2013 interview between them.