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Economics and other interesting stuff, an economics PhD student at the University of Michigan, an economics columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.

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At least five interesting things to start your week (#37)

2024-05-20 02:37:33

The U.S. as trade war leader; Russia/China infowar; Biden and inflation; Yglesias on industrial policy; How to get immigrants to the Rust Belt; How to lose money

Why is China producing so many export goods, anyway?

2024-05-18 07:38:46

Six theories.

Seven reasons America is headed for a more conservative decade

2024-05-16 16:54:44

But there's still no 1980s-style conservative movement to capitalize on the trends.

The Big Tariffs are here

2024-05-14 16:03:35

Biden just slapped a 100% tax on Chinese car imports. Here's what that will and won't accomplish.

How I would regulate AI

2024-05-13 15:48:22

Focus on the choke points in the process by which AI could do harm.

The death (again) of the internet as we know it

2024-05-12 07:43:35

A few big changes are making the online world a more boring place to hang out.

At least five interesting things for your weekend (#36)

2024-05-10 16:53:06

The silent majority and the Palestine protests; immigration is fine; batteries make solar work; building warships in Japan; the decels of the Right

The macro arsonists

2024-05-08 17:06:24

Governments have borrowing constraints. Pretending otherwise is very dangerous.

Japan is not a xenophobic country

2024-05-07 16:13:33

It has a substantial amount of immigration, as well as pro-immigration policies and attitudes.

America's semiconductor policy is missing a key piece

2024-05-05 13:48:42

A guest post by Steven Glinert.

The positive case for Joe Biden

2024-05-03 17:46:52

It's not just about being anti-Trump.

Who's afraid of East Asian management culture?

2024-05-02 08:39:04

TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.

At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#35)

2024-04-30 16:20:07

Chinese defense spending, activists vs. normies, corporate diversity, phones in schools, the noncompete ban, and rising inflation

Is Japan having a currency crisis?

2024-04-29 15:36:59

If so, it could shake the foundations of the global economy.

Biden is right that we need to raise taxes

2024-04-27 16:48:37

But his plan needs a lot of work.

What America needs to do now on national security

2024-04-25 07:21:58

The Ukraine-and-TikTok bill is a good start. Here are five more things we need to work on.

Palestine is the end of the line for the New Left

2024-04-23 09:10:07

Whatever you think of Israel, there's just no future in "global intifada" and "Death to America".

At least five interesting things to start your week (#34)

2024-04-22 16:58:00

Woke capital, university rigidity, social media toxicity, SUVs and pedestrians, and crime and urbanization

How Latin America started to beat inequality

2024-04-20 16:14:35

It can be done.

Five things to be optimistic about in America today

2024-04-19 04:11:17

Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.