Matthew Yglesias
Political writer and co-founder of Vox who left to launch Slow Boring, an independent Substack newsletter focused on policy analysis and pragmatic center-left politics. Yglesias has been writing about American politics since the early blogging era and is known for contrarian, empirically grounded takes that often put him at odds with progressive orthodoxy. His most consistent themes include housing supply and zoning reform, immigration, economic growth policy, and the electoral strategy of the Democratic Party. Slow Boring has become one of the most influential policy-focused newsletters on Substack, widely read by wonks, journalists, and political operatives.
Known for
- Co-founded Vox in 2014, one of the defining explanatory journalism outlets of the 2010s
- His writing on housing supply and zoning reform has been credited with influencing the YIMBY movement
- Slow Boring is widely read by Democratic Party operatives, policy staff, and political journalists
- Known for contrarian takes that frequently challenge progressive consensus on electoral strategy and policy
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