Matthew Yglesias Quotes

United States, Blogger
May 18, 1981

Matthew Yglesias (/ɪˈɡleɪsiəs/; born May 18, 1981) is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics from a progressive perspective. Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such as The American Prospect, The Atlantic, and Slate. Currently, he is an editor and columnist for the news website Vox, which he co-founded in 2014.

Also known as Journalist

I'm trying to inform people, so I try to present them with accurate information.

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- People
- Trying
- Present
It's rare that you have a policy issue that can be solved by throwing more money at the problem, but the technology to make bus service more frequent and equip buses with GPS systems that provide real-time schedule updates to bus stops exists and operates in many parts of the world. We should be installing it in our major cities.

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- Time
- World
- Real

The United States Postal Service has a problem. People aren't sending as much mail as they used to. That means less postage revenue and difficulty paying the bills.

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- People
- Service
The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.

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- Focus
I'm a liberal - I believe in subsidies for public goods and in regulations to curb harmful externalities, but neither of those things exist when it comes to parking.

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- Believe
Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

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- Time
I'm against government-subsidized parking and government-mandated parking.

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A normal recession disrupts people's lives, but a long recession destroys them. You lose output, prosperity, family stability, self-esteem, and many other qualities on what looks to be a semi-permanent basis.

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- People
- Long
- Family