The People's Line

The People's Line

Liberal pundit discovers left economics

Michael Green's posts on poverty rebrands old left critiques as wonky new insights.

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Carl Beijer
Dec 02, 2025
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To get a sense of My Life is a Lie — the essay on poverty by Michael Green that liberal media and pundits have been buzzing over for the past week — all you have to read is a single passage a few paragraphs in:

I’m sure many of my left-leaning readers will say, “This is obvious, we have been talking about it for YEARS!” Yes, many of you have; but you wer…

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