![]() Yglesias is a centrist to my socialist friends, and far-left to my Democrat friends. The PPP’s proposals are also interesting, similarly flawed, but also help illustrate how slogans could eventually become policy and reality. It’s not unlike the People’s Policy Project, the socialist one-man thinktank led by Matt Bruenig. But this kind of broad policy and cultural proposal feels productive. Sure, Yglesias doesn’t have perfect rhetoric or an airtight argument. Some chapters feel unrelated and included just because they conveniently fit under the same sort of pro-growth semi-urbanist umbrella.īut I like that this book exists, and I’m glad I read it. But the writing is also imprecise and unfocused. The big idea is interesting and many of the supporting facts are enlightening. ![]() I’ve read a few of his articles and they seemed to avoid the landmines that his Twitter persona constantly steps on. ![]() ![]() I’ve rarely read Vox and didn’t follow Matt until a few days ago, but I already have an appreciation for his critics: he intersperses his well-considered arguments with easily-misinterpreted or just plain wrong reckons. Matt Yglesias is a larger-than-life character on Twitter and in his founding role at Vox. ![]()
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