Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

1776 D Street lol https://t.co/A1z89m1eZ5 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@BeijingPalmer I suppose I consider myself a "fan" of reality but this is just fiction. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@BeijingPalmer It's just fic! — PolitiTweet.org

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I think we're living through a high-contingency era in which a handful of bold (or reckless!) decision-makers are meaningfully altering the trajectory of human events — with the power of individual agency ironically amplified by the fact that it's prestigious to be structuralist. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pfizer issues an "October surprise" release touting vaccine results a week before Election Day; Trump promises lockdowns will end soon. Dems cry foul and the rollout is hampered by widespread liberal belief that re-elected Trump is pressing unsafe vaccines on the public. — PolitiTweet.org

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In a nearby world: Lab leak theory was accepted early, Trump was an enthusiastic lockdown proponent to own the PRC, leftists complained he was sacrificing youth to save the elderly, and Covid was the reason for a sharp crackdown on the Floyd protests. https://t.co/mRiaSKdRKF — PolitiTweet.org

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Once again the biggest questions about Musk, Twitter, and free speech have to do with the tendency of the PRC to use leverage over companies like Tesla to export their speech controls. https://t.co/MWfqrO6KH9 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I think we are having too little explicit discussion of the normative issues and policy choices that may come, in favor of semi-fake forecasting efforts. Right now you clearly want inflation to "go lower" but if that starts happening, the path becomes less clear. — PolitiTweet.org

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Say it's a year from now and we're enjoying a softish landing — no recession and inflation is lower but it's still higher than at any point in the 30 years pre-pandemic. Do we say "good enough" or demand the Fed keep squeezing? https://t.co/6sQg83KNCt — PolitiTweet.org

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@richardmskinner This is a portrait of a very different time. https://t.co/tDOmHPXePA — PolitiTweet.org

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@DeanBaker13 Well, if you didn't understand my suggestion would be to try re-reading in a more generous frame of mind or else just kind of move on and ignore. — PolitiTweet.org

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@richardmskinner Yeah, I don't think the politics of that era had the same alignment. More right-wing artists (and academics and elite college students) but also the left was way more authoritarian (internment, etc) — PolitiTweet.org

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Also note the message discipline! https://t.co/gjbUdHugwy — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Sigourney Weaver explains the relationship between personality psychology, occupational choice, and modern political ideologies. https://t.co/OIp8Dg88AX https://t.co/4H1taCXoL6 — PolitiTweet.org

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I like that Avatar hype season has finally arrived — I am a Way of Water believer. https://t.co/nD3c6eU4tr — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

He's pretty great! We could use more philanthropists focused on this important issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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The attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House seems like a bigger deal to me than the coverage. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @MarcGoldwein: Medicare Advantage plans sponsoring Disney experiences https://t.co/mFoihjH9CZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Zoning reform + easier permitting = more demand for "boring" capital and higher interest rates consistent with full employment. That means lower multiples for stockowners. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Fed rate hikes weaken the labor market but also hammer the asset prices of the very rich. One of my pet theories is broad land use reform would, by raising equilibrium interest rates, secure the egalitarian benefit without the labor market cost. https://t.co/WYs0UNdJPH — PolitiTweet.org

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We're now left with a situation where a lot of people treat the Biden administration's official position as either an absurd right-wing conspiracy theory or else a forbidden truth the libs are suppressing. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I think it's weird that the arc where the Biden administration ordered a lab leak investigation & the intel agencies concluded it's plausible but impossible to say for sure one way or another without unrealistic levels of PRC cooperation had so little Discourse Impact. https://t.co/yz6qDWh6j7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@M_C_Klein https://t.co/6Tv2G3NOPd — PolitiTweet.org

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The best in the game is back https://t.co/xLQK3Nrsql — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ArmandDoma: this is exactly why we need permitting reform, so our clean energy future isn’t held hostage by lunatics whose minds are ad… — PolitiTweet.org

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Night Mode is crazy — it’s so dark out! https://t.co/EzgwrZbE7K — PolitiTweet.org

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Boo at the Zoo https://t.co/loWb61qKBs — PolitiTweet.org

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Here @jessesingal reveals the true nature of the grift — you try to write good articles even if the upshot is unfashionable among the leftmost 15% of the population. https://t.co/UNovicXAhO — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This realignment is good for liberals’ sense of superiority but it’s probably bad electorally and for the general health of the country. Need to bring back the old vibes where people talked about Diebold and Bush’s secret audio device. — PolitiTweet.org

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Populist affect (which can range from innocuous to dangerously violent) used to be independent of left-right alignment but has come to be associated with support for or opposition to Trump. https://t.co/CYLUYsG9GO https://t.co/qfLLVaT3En — PolitiTweet.org