Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@JustinTLogan As a senior fellow, I ... — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@LizVickery I think "need" is just a polite way of saying "want." — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Wow, Trump’s support for religious people always seemed so sincere. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Somehow “regressive deficit financed tax cuts will generate enough growth to make everyone better off” never makes it into rightwingers’ list of ~luxury beliefs~ despite its massive real world influence. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Fourplex good, quadrupling permissible FAR better. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Just yesterday a fellow dad was lamenting to me that he’s probably going to have to move to the suburbs to get a larger home and will miss his convenient commute (non-WFH job). Next frontier YIMBYism is acknowledging that square footage matters not just # of units. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The easiest it’s been to find a job in a very long time. Excellent moment for efficiency-enhancing policy reforms. https://t.co/lR0O1eSwCd — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@MarcGoldwein It’s the deficit hawks’ hour! Markets anticipate the Fed will successfully reduce inflation through means that generate higher real rates, so deficit reduction will be pro-growth by reducing interest rates. The dream of the nineties is back! — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Worth repeating that the upside to Russian people of winning of the war and conquering Ukraine is ~zero. All this death and suffering is for nothing and peace without annexation would have large benefits. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@neuroecology Hmmm — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

That’s the same as the theme of today’s post. You can ask “what are we doing for this group?” or “what about that group?” but it’s better to try to ask more fundamental questions about how to fix problems. https://t.co/Bm2TtDdtF5 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

And it’s a general point. Most people aren’t fanatics and don’t have a singular focus on any particular interest. What answer they give will depend on exactly what question is asked, which can hinge a lot on what level of government is asking. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

What unlocked the possibility of winning was shifting the debate to Sacramento where big statewide benefits became relevant — that let them do deals with labor and business that brought big interests with big upside into the fight. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Housing abundance is, on net, strongly positive but it does involve a complicated mix of upsides and downsides. The nuisance downsides of construction are mostly very very very local while the abundance upside is mostly pretty broad-based. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I wanted to say something about YIMBY wins in California while the west coast is asleep. Lurking in the background of the organizing work and the visionary elected officials is a key structural insight — it matters which level of government makes the decision. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I asked Dream Studio for “a delicious pizza” and they gave me what looks like a gross pizza. Alignment is hard! https://t.co/oJwJyb7e7B — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @SteveStuWill: Great example of the power of expectations to shape perception: The visual system is so determined to see faces as convex… — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

New York City’s plan to improve subway accessibility is painfully slow because the MTA’s contracting and project management *in general* are disastrous. Fixing those problems would have huge general benefits. https://t.co/cGTWYsVmQn https://t.co/n4yLtjzsyN — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Next generation Covid vaccines that block transmission and/or target multiple variants simultaneously would safeguard the immunocompromised but also offer broad social benefits. https://t.co/cGTWYsVmQn https://t.co/ifCaZ1cyoH — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Amtrak offers special accommodations at low-platform stations so people in wheelchairs can board trains. But a better solution — build higher platforms and level boarding everywhere — would help all kinds of people. https://t.co/cGTWYsVmQn https://t.co/U8t2cCbsp0 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I agree with that but it’s important to see that we can do something much better than special accommodations for everyone — technical solutions that solve problems and offer broad benefits. https://t.co/cGTWYsVmQn — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

There was a recent Freddie de Boer piece arguing that “society cannot possibly give special accommodation to everyone.” https://t.co/uw9u5EnoMh — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @NATO: Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the damage to the #Nordstream1 and #Nordstream2 gas pipelines ⤵️ — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The best terminal function is this one which shows the price of the dollar in dollars over time https://t.co/EzVKFpY14u — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Bangers https://t.co/9aYZcSOI1q — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Definitive best album of the 90s. https://t.co/7g8VHuk2s9 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Once again giant corporations are securing unfair advantage over mom & pop with their superior productivity. https://t.co/HbMG8Ihdt7 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Dark Gavin — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Interesting scoop from @morningmoneyben here — Yellen has at times not seemed to be the one whose advice gets taken, but perhaps an indication that Biden is leaning more toward her views lately. https://t.co/lbX71oTI92 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I wonder why housing is scarce and expensive. — PolitiTweet.org