1. Matthew Yglesias is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics.
19 Facts About Matthew Yglesias
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In November 2020, Matthew Yglesias left his position as an editor and columnist at Vox to publish the Substack newsletter Slow Boring.
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Matthew Yglesias is the son of Rafael Matthew Yglesias, a screenwriter and novelist.
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Matthew Yglesias's mother, Margaret Joskow, was a daughter of Jules Joskow, the founder of National Economic Research Associates; the economist Paul Joskow is Yglesias's uncle.
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Matthew Yglesias went to high school at the Dalton School in New York City.
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Matthew Yglesias started blogging in early 2002, while still in college, focusing mainly on American politics and public policy issues, often approached from an abstract, philosophical perspective.
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Matthew Yglesias joined the American Prospect as a writing fellow upon his graduation in 2003, subsequently becoming a staff writer.
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Matthew Yglesias's posts appeared regularly on the magazine's collaborative weblog TAPPED.
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From June 2007 until August 2008, Matthew Yglesias was a staff writer at The Atlantic Monthly, and his blog was hosted on the magazine's website, The Atlantic.
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In February 2014, Matthew Yglesias left Slate and joined Vox Media to co-found Vox with Ezra Klein and Melissa Bell.
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On November 13,2020, Matthew Yglesias announced that he would no longer be writing for Vox.
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Matthew Yglesias moved to the digital blogging and writing platform Substack for editorial independence.
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Matthew Yglesias deleted his past Twitter feed in November 2018, after controversy over tweets which defended the motivation of protesters who gathered outside the house of Tucker Carlson.
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Matthew Yglesias authored the political nonfiction book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger, released on September 15,2020.
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In 2011, The Economist wrote that Matthew Yglesias espoused "left-leaning neoliberalism" in his writing.
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Matthew Yglesias himself embraced the "neoliberal shill" label in a 2019 podcast.
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Matthew Yglesias cited his belief in a more assertive American foreign policy, shaped by the idea that the US should have intervened more decisively in conflicts such as those in Haiti, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
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Matthew Yglesias was influenced by the support of prominent political figures, including key Democratic leaders and Tony Blair, whose positions he largely deferred to.
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Additionally, Matthew Yglesias acknowledged that he had underestimated the political risk for the Bush administration, even in the absence of confirmed weapons of mass destruction.