Author Archive
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Oct 23, 2024I’ve spent the past week being extremely annoyed at the Tech Right’s Donald Trump boosterism. -
Oct 21, 2024Abortion, health care costs, and January 6 .... -
Sep 9, 2024Hold revenue constant and ask whether a structural change makes things better or worse. -
Sep 3, 2024Almost everyone I know says they were against the Iraq War as a teenager, which I’m sure is true. -
Aug 27, 2024It's not exactly new, but it is different. -
Aug 14, 2024The international dimension of climate change is what makes it so hard to solve. -
Jul 31, 2024Some lessons from the 2024 good vibes non-primary. -
Jul 29, 2024The case for a new (shorter and more moderate) policy agenda -
Jul 25, 2024The political impact of the Veep is overrated; the substantive stakes are underrated -
Jul 11, 2024The mythical era of mass deregulation and growth-at-all-costs. -
Jun 25, 2024Two unpopular major party candidates is less of an opportunity than it seems. -
Jun 14, 2024As a recommendation this week, I really liked Noah Smith’s piece about the limits of relying on tourism as a way to learn about other countries but also the value of travel as... -
Jun 12, 2024A wise middle ground between Trump's insanity and an unserious left. -
Jun 10, 2024And the larger crisis of Deep Blue governance. -
May 13, 2024It depends on what you think they were trying to accomplish. -
May 8, 2024People need to know more about current policies. -
May 7, 2024My best advice on where to give, what to talk about, and why. -
May 2, 2024I was thinking of doing a piece about rent control or a piece about the idea that “corporate greed” is responsible for inflation, but then I read Adam Iscoe’s... -
Apr 30, 2024Lofty moral ambitions, and a culture that values intelligence and systematic thinking. -
Apr 9, 2024The narrow case against phones in school is clearly right. -
Apr 1, 2024Pro-choice positions have become more popular; can they be made more salient? -
Mar 29, 2024Mistakes were made! W was the worst!! -
Mar 28, 2024We've made frustratingly little progress in figuring out how to do better. -
Mar 12, 2024And Donald Trump's corrupt flip-flop. -
Jan 19, 2024Affordable-only upzonings are a big political struggle for minimal gain.
