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this is a good fit. matt has stayed where he is. but niskanen has moved to the left.

10+ years ago will wilkinson was respectfully interviewing jonah goldberg about liberal fascism. but now he's more SJW than klein&yglesias put together ;-)

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(1) Congratulations!

(2) I like Niskanen, and I am a longtime fan of Jacob T. Levy among others on their strong team.

(3) This does feel like a bit of a right turn for you, or at least for your personal brand as I perceive it as a consumer of Yglesias content. Jokes about poker buddies aside, I'm curious whether you consider that (a) an intended result, (b) an unintended but acceptable result because there are other benefits from the affiliation, or (c) not to be the case at all.

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Question: Isn't the Niskanen Center significantly to the right of you? They're still kinda skeptical of true universal health insurance, enthusiastic income redistribution, and some other things. I'll be the first to agree they're a million times better than Cato Libertarianism, but just after reading you for a few years, I get the sense that they're still quite to the Right of you.

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For those commenting on the 'rightward' turn of this move, I think people at the Niskanen Center at this point is just less connected by ideology than it is by something like disagreement with their ideological homes or change their ideological counterparts' minds on their side's dogma, usually a specific issue of their expertise.

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The Niskanen Center's roster of senior fellows is 🔥🔥🔥

- @mattyglesias

- @jenniferdoleac

- @JamesBessen

- @ProfSchleich

- @JoshuaTMcCabe

- @SarahAnzia

- @dolanecon

- @chavezlinda

- @NateMJensen

- @lkatfield

- @jflier

- @ProfFortner

- @MattGrossmann

- @jtlevy

- @CrimProfessor

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"moderates’ embrace of empiricism rather than dogma"

lol.

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Love this. Congratulations!

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So you're just going to go there and vibe? What will you be doing?

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This genuinely seems like a good fit. Centrist contrarianism is an underappreciated niche.

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Yea never read them before today now can look them up and read all their stuff.

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Weird, why didn't I get this post in email?

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This is awesome! Congrats on this and I look forward to reading the work that arises from this

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You could have just said you were smart. But we knew that. Congratulations.

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Congrats! Super excited to see the fruits of this fellowship.

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Congratulations Matt! Been a very big fan of Niskanen for a while.

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This is a good fit for all. Congratulations!

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