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Slow BoringNoah Smith on China, industrial policy and moreNoah Smith is probably the number one source of articles that hit my feed where I think “damn, I wish I’d written that.” So it was great to grab a chance to sit down and chat with him for almost 90 minutes today. We started out talking about the rising importance of batteries and electric motors, the Biden administration’s efforts to keep America in the game with China on this, and how Trump is squandering it. I think we see largely eye to eye here that Trump is being badly shortsighted and also that Democrats erred by getti...2025-05-271h 10
Today's News with Larry SchweikartToday's News, February 25-26, 2025IN POLITICAL NEWS 1) These libs are pretty funny. Noah Smith (NoCommonSense) has insisted DemoKKKrats can win but they must become "deficit hawks" (Yeah, how'd that work out for Republicans all those years?) and ditch progressive woke ideas. That's like cutting off both legs. Oh, and embrace voter ID. Please. Let's do that. Matthew Yglesias basically wants more "resist" and "get loud" at town halls. Um hmm. Over at the "Liberal Patriot' they want to emphasize inflation and the unconstitutionality of DOGE (it isn't) The problem with staking the majority of your position on being e...2025-02-2718 min
LuminaryNoah Smith on digital technology adoption, energy, and economic progress
Noah Smith is a renaissance man, blogger, and commentator. Noah’s popular blog, Noahpinion, focuses on economics, technology, and current events. He was previously a columnist for Bloomberg and an assistant professor of Behavioral finance at Stony Brook University.
Our wide-ranging conversation covers digital technology, economics, and energy. We discuss Noah’s framework for thinking about technology, digital technology adoption and its implications for economic activity, measures of technological advancement, opportunities and challenges for solar and nuclear energy, and the Noah Smith production function.
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