Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias is a fast rising blogger and political commentator that is best known as the cofounder of Vox alongside Melissa Bell and Ezra Klein way back in 2014. He is currently a commentator and host on the “Weeds” podcast where he hosts a Friday and Tuesday weekly podcast. He is also working with Substack as a senior correspondent on economic policy and politics. Before he founded Vox, he worked for “Slate” where he penned the “Moneybag” column. Before that he was a blogger and writer for the likes of “The American Prospect,” “Think Progress,” “TPM”, and “The Atlantic.” He is also an author of several books including his debut work “One Billion Americans” that argues that America should seek to get its population to a billion people. His second novel “The Rent is Too Damn High” chronicles the housing affordability crisis that afflict the United States. Yglesias was born and raised in New York City and knows all about the struggles of the middle class even though he spent much time since graduating in 2003 living in Washington DC.