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Matt Yglesias: belief

9 Sept 2020 Conversations with Tyler Matt Yglesias on Why the Population is Too Damn Low

“I think there’s a pretty good chance that Covid pushes it back toward more of that ’90s equilibrium.”

— Matt Yglesias

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Speaker
Matt Yglesias
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belief
Recorded
9 Sept 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Say 10 years from now — how do you think New York City will be different for having had Covid-19 as compared to a non-Covid trajectory? I think probably more of a reset to even more of a youth-oriented nonfamily-type place. I’ve been going back to New York sporadically for years, and I’ve been struck that it’s become a lot more family friendly than I remember it from growing up there. I think there’s a pretty good chance that Covid pushes it back toward more of that ’90s equilibrium. If there was a mutual fund for each and every well-known American city, which one would you go long on?…

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