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Jonathan Chait : biography

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Jonathan Chait ( born 1972) is a commentator and writer for New York magazine. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and a former assistant editor of The American Prospect. He also writes a periodic column in the Los Angeles Times.

Career

Chait began working at The New Republic in 1995. In January 2010, The New Republic replaced The Plank, TNR’s group blog, with the Jonathan Chait Blog. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and Reason. He took over The New Republic’s TRB column from Peter Beinart in March 2007. His columns from 2008 are a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in the category of best commentary.

On Sept. 12, 2007, his book, THE BIG CON: The true story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics, was published by Houghton-Mifflin.

On March 16, 2009, Chait appeared on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report to counter conservative arguments that the New Deal was a failure.. The impetus for that appearance was an article he wrote for The New Republic called "Wasting Away in Hooverville".Jonathan Chait, "Wasting Away in Hooverville," .

Chait also appears in "The Rivalry," a 2007 HBO documentary about the history and culture of the Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry.

Chait joined the staff of New York magazine on September 6, 2011, leaving his post of Senior Editor at The New Republic."On Media: Jonathan Chait to New York; Timothy Noah to New Republic," ],

September 06, 2011]. Chait explained the move as follows: "Obviously I love TNR and had no plans to leave, but the opportunity at New York was irresistible. Everybody who works there raves about it, and my friends in journalism have noticed for a while it’s become phenomenal — ‘the best magazine in America,’ as one editor friend of mine told me"."On Media: Jonathan Chait to New York; Timothy Noah to New Republic," Politico, September 06, 2011.