Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I wanted to say that as annoying as inflation is, inflation-adjusted output is actually ahead of its pre-pandemic trend. It turns out this is is true if you use GDI but not if you use GDP and GDP is the normal figure to cite. https://t.co/Qbst37YPfU — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Had a perfectly good column idea ruined by the fact that when I looked up the numbers my thesis was wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@vanessabcalder @jmhorp It’s great that real incomes have risen on average but that’s not really the same as the cost of something falling. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@MarketUrbanism Well at least they also made it illegal to build hotels — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @ProfSchleich: Nice column! If you want to know more about this - about how the argument generalizes, why the value of any transportatio… — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Feel like Abbott should be mad about the Ron DeSantis Hype Machine, he’s the one dealing with an actual influx of asylum-seekers while also banning abortion. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’ve achieved a new level of boring middle-aged dad where I’ve never heard of either of the DC restaurants on this list. https://t.co/YQADMj7tAC — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@MarcGoldwein The pattern for personal saving is similar but the numbers are lower … not sure why. https://t.co/HerQg5613J — PolitiTweet.org

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@kaschuta It’s absolutely different. Which is why it’s interesting that the experience with the ethnic Germans changed attitudes toward very different refugees. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Income minus consumption looks like it’s broadly normalized after a wild ride during ARP and especially CARES. https://t.co/YL3aA1ZZKb — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The amount of money in people’s bank accounts shot up during the acute phase of the pandemic, then continued to grow at a rapid clip but has leveled off recently. Still well above the trend. https://t.co/gnPxgETfrm — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The escape from Malthusian dynamics started in 18th century Britain but only came very recently to much of the world. https://t.co/cpr8DP5MM2 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Parts of Germany that received large influxes of immigrants in the 1990s are friendlier to refugees today. https://t.co/0ta994MRQ3 https://t.co/5URAwyQevS — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

People like to drive cars and park them at their destination. But where land is expensive, mandating above-market levels of parking is very costly. https://t.co/55qhPW3E9a https://t.co/NGpcWx6kvv — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Past waves of innovation in transportation led to changes in built enforcement — tight clusters of density grew up around train stations and unwound when cars came onto the scene. But now prescriptive land use and parking minimums has us stuck. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Transportation technology has changed a lot — everything from ride hailing apps to scooters and e-bikes and even just having ubiquitous maps on your phones. But we can’t take full advantage of new technology if zoning keeps cities frozen. https://t.co/55qhPW3E9a — PolitiTweet.org

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Correctly identifying criminals and exonerating innocent people both seem like pretty good uses of technology to me. https://t.co/QAAUlHA3Fv — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I'm not a very observant Jew but whenever a famous person dies I get creeper out by Christians leaving their corpses hanging around above ground for so long. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Let Biden be Biden! Every president needs aides but he has better political judgment than the average Dem staffer and his “gaffes” are usually good. https://t.co/edmXthQhFb — PolitiTweet.org

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@razibkhan Oh yeah, I’d do a whole season on Jon trying to stockpile bacon like they explain in the books. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

They should do a spin-off series about these orange and cinnamon traders Ser Criston is talking about — what’s the going rate for cinnamon these days? — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

You never see anything normal in Westeros like a farm or a guy who’s in charge of stockpiling pickles for winter. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @ARossP: The central conceit of fusionism—the strategy of conjoining conservatism and libertarianism—is that liberty needs virtue, and c… — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The reason you are seeing more efforts at diverse casting and storytelling is that Hollywood has clearly been behind the curve in terms of audience demand. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @JosephPolitano: It's not just rent though—services prices excluding shelter are actually growing faster than rent on a year-over-year b… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mcalistp I think I am making a calm, measured critique — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@nbeaudrot I don’t remember second grade *at all* I just think philosophically they should be throwing a few reach problems onto each worksheet. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Gotta go for total muscle failure or else you’re not accomplishing anything. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I feel like they make the second graders’ math problems too easy so everyone can feel like they’re doing well — should be crushing their spirits with harder questions sooner. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

These demented liars have no interest in solving problems and they don’t have your interests at heart. https://t.co/G6WQsE4fqw — PolitiTweet.org