Jonathan Chait

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Jonathan Chait
Born	1972
Education	University of Michigan
Occupation	Journalist, editor, author
Notable credit(s)	senior editor at The New Republic; former assistant editor of The American Prospect; author of The Big Con; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv

Jonathan Chait (born 1972) is 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. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he wrote for The Michigan Daily while in college. He began working at The New Republic in 1995. 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.

Chait also writes frequently on The Plank, TNR's group blog.

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 refute 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."

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

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• Short biography and recent articles from The New Republic
• Video discussions/debates involving Chait on BloggingHeads.tv

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