Idrees Kahloon

@imkahloon

Staff writer @TheAtlantic. Former Washington bureau chief @TheEconomist.

Washington, DC

Joined October 2012

Idrees Kahloon
@imkahloon
7h
It's taken as given that below-replacement birthrates are a sign of societal failure, maybe even future human extinction. We should take a deep breath. - Long-run population trends are hard to forecast - Depopulation is disruptive, but not existential
The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates
From theatlantic.com
Idrees Kahloon
@imkahloon
Jul 6
Zohran Mamdani promised to replace "the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." He—and other DSA politicians—aren't offering Soviet-style socialism: not seizing the means of production, but socializing the cost of consumption.
The ‘Consumer Socialism’ Trap
From theatlantic.com
Idrees Kahloon
@imkahloon
Jun 10
I wrote a feature on what went wrong with Britain over the last 20 years, economically and politically: - Almost zero wage growth since '08 - GDP per person on par with Mississippi - 6 PM's since 2016; 7th expected soon - The ascendancy of Nigel Farage
Idrees Kahloon
@imkahloon
Jun 1
New piece: Janeese Lewis George—a democratic socialist with Mamdani-style pledges—is the frontrunner to be D.C.'s next mayor. But she's running against a grim backdrop, with the city in likely recession and Trump deploying troops at whim.
D.C. Progressives’ Great Socialist Hope
From theatlantic.com
Idrees Kahloon
@imkahloon
May 19
WSJ editorial on Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund wsj.com/opinion/donald…