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Why Isn’t Trump Running Away With This?

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Matthew Yglesias Mr. Yglesias writes extensively about politics, economics and more at Slow Boring....

05.11.2024 50

The New York Times

Matthew Yglesias

Industrial Policy for Workers Makes No Sense

The labor strife at Boeing, which despite its struggles remains America’s No. 1 exporter, is a reminder of a fundamental tension inherent in...

27.10.2024 5

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Joe Biden’s Misguided Support of Dockworkers

When he calls himself “the most pro-union president in American history,” Joe Biden isn’t kidding. He means it as a boast, but there is a cost...

06.10.2024 100

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden’s Greatest Legacy May Not Be Felt for Decades

Like most presidents, Joe Biden is using the final few months of his tenure to brag about his accomplishments. In fairness, he has stuff to be proud...

29.09.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Harris’ Most Important Plan Is Unknowable

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has been dogged by demands for more specific details about what kinds of new policies she would pursue. But the...

22.09.2024 9

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Not Even Musk Could Discipline Trump’s Spending

Donald Trump favors enormous tax cuts while also swearing to protect Social Security and Medicare benefits and promising steep cuts in immigration,...

09.09.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Even a Harris Transition Would Be Challenging

If she wins, Kamala Harris will face one of the rarest tasks in American politics: the same-party presidential transition. Although it wouldn’t be...

01.09.2024 6

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

The Breakout Star of the Democratic Convention Was … YIMBY

Barack Obama’s speech at last week’s Democratic National Convention marks what is almost certainly the high-water mark for the political...

26.08.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Harris Can Sell Bidenomics Better Than Biden Did

After weeks of anticipation, America finally has the outlines of the Kamala Harris economic policy agenda, and it is … basically the Joe Biden...

19.08.2024 9

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Harris and Walz Are Very Online, But the Median Voter Isn’t

​​Four years ago, it was inconceivable that a politician could meme his way onto the presidential ticket. Yet that’s what Governor Tim Walz of...

12.08.2024 5

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

How Harris Can Reset Democrats’ Relations With Business

President Joe Biden has been objectively good for business, especially relative to the risk of the chaos that would follow Donald Trump’s return to...

04.08.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Buttigieg Is Harris’ Best Choice for Vice President

It’s hard to deny the appeal of a swing-state governor as a running mate for Kamala Harris. But as the vice president vets her candidates, there is...

29.07.2024 40

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Don’t Let Trump Benefit From Biden’s Economy

Imagine you could put the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the various other tumult of the last half decade out of your head and...

21.07.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

The US Approach to Robotaxis Is Far Too Cautious

I took my first ride in a driverless car last week courtesy of Waymo, Google’s autonomous taxi service, which has received regulatory permission to...

30.06.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Trump’s Tax Plans Would Wreck the Economy for the Middle Class

This week’s presidential debate is a golden opportunity for Joe Biden to draw a contrast with his opponent on one of the most consequential yet...

25.06.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

How the Fed Is Helping Make the Case for a Carbon Tax

The longer interest rates stay higher, the stronger the case grows for … a carbon tax. Hear me out. The one great legislative push for carbon...

17.06.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Lina Khan’s Hipster Antitrust Policy Is Actually Conservative

Antitrust policy is having a moment. Led by Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, President Joe Biden’s administration is turning its attention...

10.06.2024 4

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

If Trump Wins, His Deficits Are Going to Be Yuge

Donald Trump’s lead over Joe Biden can largely be explained by voter unhappiness with the economy — specifically, concerns over high interest...

03.06.2024 50

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden Is the Best President That Business Can Hope For

No Democratic president since at least Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century has been beloved by American business. But the bleak relationship...

26.05.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Here’s How Biden Can Offset His Trade War With China

For a guy who says that fighting inflation is “my top economic priority,” President Joe Biden has an odd way of showing it. Last week he sharply...

19.05.2024 50

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Mansion Taxes Won’t Improve Housing Affordability

From a purely political standpoint, a “mansion tax” is a genius idea. Who could be against it? Only swells who live in mansions, that’s who. So...

12.05.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Want to Reduce the Cost of Housing? Build More of It

When it comes to the current debate over housing affordability, I feel like my position has been clear and consistent: Twelve years ago, I wrote a...

05.05.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Learning Loss Was a Problem Even Before the Pandemic

It’s well known that US education has only partially recovered from the learning loss induced by the pandemic and associated school closures. Less...

28.04.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden Has Lost the Plot on Student Debt Relief

As he announced his latest round of student loan forgiveness last week — the previous one was just last month — President Joe Biden was greeted...

14.04.2024 9

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden’s Housing Agenda Needs a Renovation

As a longtime housing obsessive, I have to admit that Joe Biden is the best president the cause of zoning reform has ever had. I also have to admit...

07.04.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

In Baltimore, Biden Can Show How to Build Back Faster

When it comes to the crises spawned by the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he is...

01.04.2024 8

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Raising the Retirement Age Won’t Help Anyone

It’s budget season in Washington, which means the politicians are delivering their annual warnings about the looming Social Security crisis. How big...

24.03.2024 20

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden’s Industrial Policy Is Just Politics by Another Name

President Joe Biden signaled last week that his administration will oppose Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of US Steel. As a matter of electoral...

17.03.2024 30

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Now Biden Needs to Show His Moderate Side

As a piece of political theater, President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was an energetic success. He effectively answered questions about...

10.03.2024 6

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

California’s Top-Two Primary Isn’t Making Politics Better

California is a very blue state, so the question in its 2024 US Senate race isn’t whether a Democrat will fill the seat long held by the late Dianne...

03.03.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Will Democrats Ever Embrace Charter Schools Again?

Los Angeles last week made it dramatically harder to launch new charter schools in the city, the latest sign of an anti-charter backlash that’s...

18.02.2024 40

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Zuckerberg’s Apology Isn’t Enough

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri deserves credit for badgering Mark Zuckerberg into offering an apology last week to families of children victimized by...

05.02.2024 6

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Don’t Let Trump and Biden Abandon the Debates

One of the few bipartisan traditions left in American politics is hating on the presidential debates. They’re never substantive enough, the...

28.01.2024 9

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

To Write Better Laws, Congress Needs More Expertise

The longstanding conservative effort to weaken the administrative state reached the Supreme Court last week. If conservatives really wanted to reduce...

21.01.2024 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Musk Shows Why the US Labor Movement Faces Long Odds

Low unemployment has been good not only for American workers but also for American labor unions, who’ve taken advantage of robust demand to win...

14.01.2024 5

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Don’t Make US Public Schools More Like Harvard

Conservatives angered by the state of US higher education ought to take a moment to reconsider their approach to the rest of America’s educational...

07.01.2024 7

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden’s Supporters Need to Start Acting Like It

Joe Biden just can’t win. I refer not to the presidential election, which is still 11 months away, but to his supporters’ predisposition for...

18.12.2023 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

America Can’t Zone Its Way Out of Its Housing Crisis

Salt Lake City and Austin, which like most US cities are suffering from an acute shortage of affordable housing, took dramatic action last week to...

10.12.2023 10

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

Biden’s Gift to Holiday Shoppers? A Supply-Chain Task Force

President Joe Biden wants the American consumer to know he’s taking rising costs seriously. So on Cyber Monday, a few days into the unofficial...

03.12.2023 7

Bloomberg

Matthew Yglesias

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