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Matt Levine is the best. All of his writing is basically like this. Highly recommended!
by harryh 10y ago
Matt Levine is the best. All of his writing is basically like this. Highly recommended!
- mathattack 10y agoHe also writes the best footnotes I've ever seen. :-)
- zymhan 10y agoYeah holy crap I'm still reading the footnotes and they may be even more interesting than the article
- hkmurakami 10y agoHe is known for his footnotes and acknowledges that he is known for his at times excessive (much to our joy) footnotes. :)
- harryh 10y agoIndeed! https://twitter.com/harryh/status/707018942469021696 https://twitter.com/harryh/status/707018942469021696
- tacostakohashi 10y agoI disagree, and find myself increasingly annoyed with his popularity. I liked his earlier journalism, 1-2 years ago, but as he's become increasingly popular he's become like a John Oliver or Michael Moore of finance. The formula is the same - take a complex issue, simplify it beyond recognition, and then act outraged that the rest of the world, when considering the entire complexity of the issue, had a range of reactions different from your five-year-old view of things. It's great entertainment for the masses, but it's a different genre from informative journalism.
- harryh 10y agoReally? I don't generally find that he over simplifies things. Can you cite an example?