Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Instead of debating the cost-effectiveness of different approaches to delivering mail (boring!) we get to debate the *legitimacy* of public sector institutions in general. (In Europe where the general point is not in dispute, postal services are privatized) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Arguing about USPS privatization is fun because everyone knows what the Post Office is and does, but also the stakes seem kind of low so everyone can just let their ideologically commitments run rampant. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Kinda funny that @tylercowen wrote a post trolling economists who advocate for fiscal stimulus and everyone read him as trolling epidemiologists. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 12, 2020 Hibernated