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. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
I'm trying to inform people, so I try to present them with accurate information. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
I'm against government-subsidized parking and government-mandated parking. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
The job of the president of the United States is not to love his wife; it's to manage a wide range of complicated issues. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me. — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
