A celebration of the expanded Child Tax Credit.

In July, millions of American families will receive an enhanced credit due to the American rescue plan. This instalment of Slow Boring explains why the policy will help a lot of people and even ponders if it could become popular enough to remain permanent.

Michael Satow

Matthew Yglesias is the author of the Slow Boring newsletter, a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, and host of The Weeds podcast.

Matthew Yglesias

A daily newsletter from journalist Matthew Yglesias.

Slow Boring covers American politics and public policy. The name comes from Max Weber’s essay on “Politics as a Vocation” where he writes that “Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards” that “takes both passion and perspective.”