Matthew Yglesias
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Born | New York City,U.S.[1] | May 18, 1981
Education | Harvard University(BA) |
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Relatives | Rafael Yglesias(father) |
Matthew Yglesias(/ɪˈɡleɪsiəs/;born May 18, 1981[2]) is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics.[3][4]Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such asThe American Prospect,The Atlantic,andSlate.In 2014 he co-founded the news websiteVox.
In November 2020,[5]he left his position as an editor and columnist atVoxto publish theSubstacknewsletterSlow Boring.In the same month, he joined theNiskanen Centeras a Senior Fellow.[6][7]
Early life and education
[edit]Yglesias is the son ofRafael Yglesias,a screenwriter and novelist. His paternal grandfather, novelistJose Yglesias,was ofCubanand SpanishGaliciandescent, while his paternal grandmother, novelistHelen Yglesias(née Bassine) was the daughter of Yiddish-speaking immigrants from the Russian-controlled portion of Poland. His maternal grandparents were also of Eastern European Jewish descent.[8]
Yglesias went to high school at theDalton Schoolin New York City. He attendedHarvard University,where he was editor in chief ofThe Harvard Independentand graduated in 2003 with a B.A.magna cum laudein philosophy.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]Yglesias is married to Kate Crawford. Yglesias and Crawford met in 2008, and have one son together. Crawford now serves as editor for hisSlow Boringnewsletter.[11]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Yglesias started blogging in early 2002, while still in college, focusing mainly onAmerican politicsandpublic policyissues, often approached from an abstract, philosophical perspective.
Yglesias joined theAmerican Prospectas a writing fellow upon his graduation in 2003, subsequently becoming a staff writer. His posts appeared regularly on the magazine's collaborative weblog TAPPED.[12]
From June 2007 until August 2008, he was a staff writer atThe Atlantic Monthly,and his blog was hosted on the magazine's website,The Atlantic.In July 2008, he announced that he would leaveThe Atlantic Monthlyfor theCenter for American Progresswhere he wrote for its blog,ThinkProgress,because he missed "the sense of collegiality that comes from working with like-minded colleagues on a shared enterprise" and thought he could "help advance their mission."[13]On November 21, 2011, he left ThinkProgress to work as a business and economics correspondent atSlate's Moneybox.[14][15]
Vox
[edit]In February 2014, he leftSlateand joinedVox Mediato co-foundVoxwithEzra KleinandMelissa Bell.[16]On November 13, 2020, Yglesias announced that he would no longer be writing for Vox.[17]Yglesias moved toSubstackfor editorial independence.[18]
Controversy
[edit]In 2013, Yglesias garnered controversy for his statements about the2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse,with Yglesias arguing that the lower building standards that partially led to the factory's collapse make "economic sense"[19]in developing countries, later tweeting that "foreign factories should be more dangerous than American factories"[20][21]and "the current system of letting different countries have different rules is working fine."[22]His comments were widely criticized inThe Daily Beast,[23]Time[24]and other outlets,[25][26]withThe Guardiancommenting that Yglesias is "confusing a person's human worth with their socio-economic status. That's wrong."[27]Yglesias later clarified some of his comments, but stood by his original position.[28]
Yglesias deleted his past Twitter feed in November 2018, after controversy over tweets which defended the motivation of protesters who gathered outside the house ofTucker Carlson.The tweets also expressed a lack of empathy for Carlson's wife, which caused outrage.[29][30][31]
Books
[edit]Yglesias authored the political nonfiction bookOne Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger,released on September 15, 2020.[32]It was inspired byDoug Saunders'Maximum Canada.[33]According to an analysis by British digital strategistRob Blackie,Yglesias was one of the most commonly followed political writers amongBiden administrationstaff on Twitter.[34]
Andrew Sullivan,a fellow blogger, takes nominations on his blog for the Yglesias Award, an honor "for writers, politicians, columnists or pundits who actually criticize their own side, make enemies among political allies, and generally risk something for the sake of saying what they believe."[35][36]
Political views
[edit]In 2011,The Economistnoted that Yglesias has been accused of espousing "left-leaningneoliberalism"in his writing.[37]In 2017,Vicelisted Yglesias among a group of political writers who were attached with a "neoliberal shill" label in left-wing Twitter communities.[38]Yglesias himself embraced the "neoliberal shill" label in a 2019 podcast.[39]
In 2002, Yglesias was a strong supporter of invading Iraq, Iran and North Korea, calling the countries on his blog "evil" and stating that "we should take them all out", although he was critical of the term "axis of evil".[40][41]In 2010, he called his attitudes about the war a mistake.[42]
In or before 2010, Yglesias coined the term "pundit's fallacy" to denote "the belief that what a politician needs to do to improve his or her political standing is do what the pundit wants substantively."[43][44][45]In 2012, Yglesias stated that he voted forMitt Romneywhen he won the office forgovernor of Massachusettsin2002.[46]
Works
[edit]- Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats,Wiley,April 2008,ISBN978-0-470-08622-3.[47]
- "Long Philosophical Rant aboutSpider-Man 2",Ultimate blogs: masterworks from the wild Web,Editor Sarah Boxer, Random House, Inc., 2008,ISBN978-0-307-27806-7
- "The Media",The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program,Gene Stone, Carl Pritzkat, Tony Travostino, Random House, Inc., 2008,ISBN978-0-8129-8036-3
- The Rent Is Too Damn High,Simon and Schuster, March 2012, ASIN B0078XGJXO
- One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger,Portfolio Penguin, September 2020,ISBN978-0-593-19021-0.
References
[edit]- ^"Matthew Yglesias Profile and Activity".Vox.Archivedfrom the original on May 28, 2024.RetrievedJune 5,2024.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew [@mattyglesias] (April 17, 2021)."They say the nanobots take two weeks to be fully operational"(Tweet). Archived fromthe originalon April 17, 2021 – viaTwitter.
- ^Reeve, Elspeth (March 22, 2013)."Matt Yglesias' $1.2 Million House Stokes Class Envy in Conservatives".The Atlantic. Archived fromthe originalon March 8, 2016.RetrievedNovember 8,2014.
- ^Avard, Christian (July 22, 2008)."Matt Yglesias: A Case for Liberal Internationalism".The Huffington Post.RetrievedOctober 3,2016.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew [@mattyglesias] (November 13, 2020)."Hey folks, some personal news. Co-founding @voxdotcom with @ezraklein & @MelissaBell has been one of the great adventures of my life but after 6+ years on the job I've decided it's time for me to move on to something new that I'm really excited about"(Tweet). Archived fromthe originalon November 13, 2020 – viaTwitter.
- ^"Niskanen".Niskanen Center.RetrievedApril 7,2023.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (November 30, 2022)."I'm a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center".slowboring.RetrievedFebruary 24,2024.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (May 22, 2012)."The Myth of Majority-Minority America".Slate.RetrievedNovember 29,2015.
- ^"Matt Yglesias Bio".TheAtlantic.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedJuly 20,2012.
- ^"About Matthew Yglesias".RetrievedOctober 20,2022.
- ^Zak, Dan (January 11, 2023)."The Boring Journey of Matt Yglesias".Washington Post.RetrievedJanuary 12,2023.
- ^Hantschel, Allison, ed. (2005).Special Plans: The Blogs on Douglas Feith & the Faulty Intelligence That Led to War.Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.ISBN978-1-59028-049-2.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (July 16, 2008)."Big Think Tank Matt".The Atlantic.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.
- ^Stoeffel, Kat (November 10, 2011)."Matthew Yglesias Moves to Slate".The New York Observer.Archivedfrom the original on August 3, 2020.RetrievedNovember 21,2011.
- ^"Matthew Yglesias".Slate.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedNovember 21,2011.
- ^Klein, Ezra (January 26, 2014)."Vox is our next".The Verge.Archivedfrom the original on February 20, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 25,2017.
- ^"The Weeds Podcast".Vox.Archivedfrom the original on January 15, 2020.RetrievedNovember 13,2020.
- ^Friedersdorf, Conor (November 13, 2020)."Why Matthew Yglesias Left Vox".The Atlantic.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedNovember 13,2020.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (April 24, 2013)."Foreign Factories Should Be More Dangerous".Slate.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^Beyerstein, Lindsay (April 13, 2013)."No, Matt Yglesias, Bangladeshi Workers Didn't Choose To Be Crushed To Death".In These Times.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew [@mattyglesias] (April 25, 2013)."Foreign factories should be more dangerous than American factories"(Tweet).RetrievedOctober 30,2021– viaTwitter.[dead link]
- ^Robin, Corey (April 25, 2013)."Would It Not Be Easier for Matt Yglesias to Dissolve the Bangladeshi People and Elect Another?".RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^McArdle, Megan (April 21, 2017) [2013-04-30]."Should We Force Other Countries to Be Safe?".The Daily Beast.Archivedfrom the original on September 21, 2020.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^Walsh, Bryan (April 29, 2013)."Fast, Cheap, Dead: Shopping and the Bangladesh Factory Collapse".Time.ISSN0040-781X.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^"Different Places Have Different Safety Rules So It's Okay If Poor, Brown People Die".The Aerogram.April 25, 2013.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^"Fast, Cheap, Dead: Shopping and the Bangladesh Factory Collapse (Time)".Center For Global Development. May 6, 2013.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^Maha Rafi Atal (April 29, 2013)."The Bangladesh factory tragedy and the moralists of sweatshop economics".The Guardian.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (April 26, 2013)."Some Further Thoughts on Bangladesh".Slate.RetrievedOctober 30,2021.
- ^"Foreign Policy's Twitterati 100".Foreign Policy. August 12, 2009.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedApril 29,2019.
- ^Byers, Dylan (April 14, 2015)."Twitter's most influential political journalists".Politico.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedApril 29,2019.
- ^Prengel, Kate (November 8, 2018)."Matty Yglesias Has Deleted His Entire Twitter Feed".Heavy.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedApril 29,2019.
- ^"One Billion Americans".One Billion Americans.July 19, 2020.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedAugust 20,2020.
- ^Saunders, Doug (September 11, 2020)."Imagine a world with a billion Americans in it. No, really".The Globe and Mail.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 21,2020.
- ^Thompson, Alex; Meyer, Theodoric (January 20, 2021)."Biden 'is planning to run again' in 2024".POLITICO.RetrievedNovember 22,2021.
- ^Sullivan, Andrew."The Daily Dish Awards".The Daily Dish.The Atlantic.Archived fromthe originalon February 11, 2007.RetrievedMarch 20,2017.
- ^Sullivan, Andrew (January 22, 2021)."Biden's Culture War Aggression".The Weekly Dish.Substack.RetrievedMarch 1,2021.
- ^W., W. (July 18, 2011)."Everything falls apart".The Economist.Iowa City.ISSN0013-0613.RetrievedMarch 15,2022.
- ^Peyser, Eve (July 20, 2017)."Everyone Hates Neoliberals, So We Talked to Some".Vice.RetrievedMarch 15,2022.
- ^"Chief Neoliberal Shill ft. Matt Yglesias",The Neoliberal Podcast,May 8, 2019,retrievedMarch 15,2022
- ^"MATTHEW YGLESIAS".Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedAugust 19,2020.
- ^"HYPER-HAWKISH TNR EDITORIAL".Blogspot.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedJune 4,2016.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (August 19, 2010)."Four Reasons for a Mistake".ThinkProgress.RetrievedDecember 4,2020.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew (August 2, 2010)."The Pundit's Fallacy".ThinkProgress (blog).Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 23,2018.
- ^W., W. (May 1, 2012)."This week in the pundit's fallacy".The Economist.Iowa City.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 23,2018.
- ^Krugman, Paul (May 24, 2012)."How to End This Depression".The New York Review of Books.Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 23,2018.
- ^Yglesias, Matthew [@Mattyglesias] (August 31, 2012)."My recollection is that pre-Romney MA was pretty good, and I voted for him to maintain the status quo. Which he did!"(Tweet). Archived fromthe originalon July 18, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 1,2012– viaTwitter.
- ^Wiley product pageforHeads in the SandArchivedJanuary 27, 2008, at theWayback Machine
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