Occupation: Journalist Birth: January 31, 1970
Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were barely visib….
People found it unusual to leave a job where you're the boss..
So while the name Redskins is only a bit offensive, it’s extremely tacky and dated—like an old aunt who still talks about ‘colored people’ or limps h….
The New York Times is the greatest media company around, arguably, and the people at the New York Times know a lot more about making a giant successf….
I have blocks of time where I'm working intently on something..
А weekly column is really tough..
I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't had in the - you know, any of the 96 ….
I made one choice, for example, which is I'm just going to confine work to working hours. I'm not going to work on the weekend. I'm not going to be w….
I'm so grateful to Hugo Lindgren, Jon Kelly, and the people who gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It's an amazing thing to do, and wh….
It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington..
I sound like an evangelist or something..
People who tend to invest are either going to invest in something where you're raising $5 million or they're going to invest in something where you'r….
I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter ….
I'm very lucky to be able to work in print and radio. I'm very lucky to be able to work at a time when finance and economics are really important. An….
And my wife is - you know my wife, Hanna Rosin - it's hard, there's no doubt. We have three kids, and it's a pain. I'm away a lot and it's hard on he….
I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And ….
Any suggestion that Mexicans are fundamentally different from Americans should be taken as racist on its face; America, after all, is a pluralistic s….
Here was a period where I was particularly attacked, and in untrue ways, some people online said some things that were not true about me - but it was….
When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up..
What is Atlas Obscura? So, it was a small digital media company. It's an atlas, it's literally like, an atlas of places, wonderful, unusual places..
I feel like there's lot of people who know finance and economics better than I do. There are lots of people who are better storytellers than I am. Bu….