Matthew Yglesias

PoliticsEconomics & Policy

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