Matt Yglesias
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May 18, 1981 United States |
| Education | Harvard University (2003) |
| Occupation | Blogger, journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Blogger; staff writer at Center for American Progress; co-founder and editor for Vox; former writer for The Atlantic and The American Prospect; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv; former economics blogger for Slate |
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Matthew Yglesias (/ᵻˈɡleɪsiəs/; born May 18, 1981) is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics from a liberal 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.
Yglesias's father Rafael Yglesias is a screenwriter and novelist. His paternal grandparents were novelists Jose Yglesias and Helen Yglesias (née Bassine). His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
Yglesias went to high school at The Dalton School in New York City and later attended Harvard University where he studied philosophy.
Yglesias started blogging in early 2002, while still in college, focusing mainly on American politics and public policy issues, often approached from an abstract, philosophical perspective. Yglesias was a strong supporter of invading Iraq, Iran and North Korea, calling the countries on his blog "evil" and stating that "we should take them all out," although he was critical of the term "axis of evil." He later called his attitudes about the war a mistake.
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