Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I found Andrew Hall’s book arguing that the low objective job quality of being a state legislator is an important driver of polarization (only fanatics want to run and marginal members don’t really mind losing) to be persuasive. https://t.co/ieUSkQrtgB — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated

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Of course in contrast to Nordic empirical findings suggesting that politicians are smart and competent, Italian economists have a theoretical model saying politicians should be below average in competence & honesty. https://t.co/EpnorFSbBJ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated

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Politician labor supply is an underrated topic. Europe seems poorly served by a situation where Brussels jobs are considered lower-prestige than being in national government even though so many critical issues have migrated to the EU level. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated