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Matthew Yglesias, a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, will speak with the campus during a Leadership Q&A at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 25th, in the Alma McDonough Auditorium.

Join us for a book talk with Leah Boustan, professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University. In conversation with Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring newsletter and blog editor and Vox co-founder. Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse. But in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. In Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigran...

From the commentary: The economy matters most of all. But the return to view of some traditional issues — abortion rights and taxing the wealthy — have helped Democrats regain their mojo. They should do their best to stick with that rather than open new fights or reopen old ones.

From the commentary: And it’s the presence of Manchin that makes all this possible. His presence in the caucus ought to be celebrated rather than tolerated, and recruitment efforts in tough races should deliberately focus on building a team of Manchinist candidates who put clear distance between themselves and mainstream Democrats while also adhering to some progressive positions.

Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media

The world could experience the once-unthinkable: a true shortfall of food.

The Democratic policy world produces bad ideas and then misleads everybody about them. By Matt Bruenig @ PeoplesPolicyProject.org, April 19

The Democratic policy world produces bad ideas and then misleads everybody about them. By Matt Bruenig @ PeoplesPolicyProject.org, April 19

The Democratic policy world produces bad ideas and then misleads everybody about them. By Matt Bruenig @ PeoplesPolicyProject.org, April 19

Republicans spent decades fighting relentlessly to overturn Roe v. Wade. Democrats need to learn from their example.