Jonathan Chait

Jonathan Chait, a senior editor at The New Republic, writes about the policy and politics of taxes, health care reform, the federal budget, and many other issues. He has been with the magazine since 1995, previously as a staff writer and reporter researcher.

After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1994, Chait was an assistant editor at the American Prospect before joining TNR. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and Reason.

Chait is also the author of “The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics,” which discusses the roots of supply-side economics and how it became pervasive, despite the lack of public support or benefit.

He resides in Washington, D.C.