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"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg — 120 episodes
What AI Means for Anthropic, Washington, and Jobs
Technology, Crime, and Public Safety w/ Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety
Europe's Future, Online Politics, and Populism in America
Immigration Debate w/ Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry and Noah Smith
AI Business Models, Rare Earths, and China's Economic Challenges
Manufacturing's Future, The Electric Tech Stack, and Automation
Who Profits from AI?
AGI Thought Experiment with Dwarkesh Patel, Noah Smith, and Erik Torenberg | From the a16z Podcast
Making Sense of Milei, AI & Employment, and America's Future
Sam D'Amico and Noah Smith on How China Masters Manufacturing (And How America Can Catch Up)
The 2nd China Shock: Why Chinese Companies Are Making Zero Profit
Derek Thompson on Why America Can't Build, Abundance, and Substack
What Replaces Twitter? With Noah Smith & Chris Best, CEO of Substack
China, Tesla, and the Electric Tech Stack Revolution
Cost Disease, USAID Debate, and is Curtis Yarvin Trapped in 2020
Noah Smith & Matt Yglesias on the Electric Technology Crisis, China, and America's Future
India-Pakistan, Building Back Military Power, and Immigration
The Middle Class Myth, China's Future, and What Really Happened in 1971
You Can't Tariff Your Way to Greatness
The Deindustrialization Paradox
The Bond Market Rules Everything
Tariff Mayhem and Capital Flight
The New Left vs The New Right
Abundance Debate, Sex Politics, and Left vs Right Economic Populism
How Europe, America and China are Repositioning
Making Sense of America's Tariff Chaos
AI, Stargate, & Surveillance with Auron McIntyre and Lev Polyakov
Richard Hanania & Noah Smith: Making Sense of Trump, Elon, and Global Politics
Elon calls Noah a Liar, Inflation, and Changes Democrats Need to Make
Europe's Fate, Ukraine & Russia, and the Post-American Era
How the Macro, Tariffs and DOGE will Impact your Bank Account | Noah Smith on How To Money
Elon's Real Goal at DOGE & How to Fix the Debt
Patrick Collison & Noah Smith: How Can the US Stay Ahead Technologically?
Understanding US-China Relations Right Now with Nathan Labenz
Paul Krugman on Leaving NYT, America's Economy, and Trump
Trump's Executive Orders, China's Economy, The Bull Case for the Middle East, and Europe's Decline
Noah Smith on Taiwan's Future, Nuclear Proliferation, and Trump 2.0 [ChinaTalk]
A Debate with Scott Sumner: Industrial Policy, China, and National Security
Canada After Trudeau, Immigration Debate, and China's Economy
Trump, Tariffs, and the New 80s: America's Next Cultural Reset
China's Demographic Time Bomb and America's Economic Future
Relationships, Gender Wars, and Online Culture with Katherine Dee (Default Friend)
The New Left, Health Insurance Myths, and Solving Underpopulation
A Debate on Immigration, Ethnostates, and National Identity
Vitalik Buterin & Noah Smith | Is Authoritarianism Inevitable?
DOGE, Political Realignment, and the End of 'Groups'
Post-Trump Reflections: Fixing Blue Cities
Trump and Shadow President Elon
Trump vs Kamala, Hereticon, Election Craziness
Mini: Comparing the New Axis to WWII
Mini: Tariffs on China, Trump, and National Security
Progressivism: Past, Present, Future
Comparing Trump, Biden, and Obama's China Strategies
Why Nations Fail, AI & Jobs, Economics as a Science
Kamala vs. Trump: Economic Plans and Foreign Policy Showdown
International Development, The Reserve Currency, and Xi Jinping’s Legacy
Noah's new book topic, Evaluating Immigration, Saving Midwestern Cities
Fracking, China, Immigration
Preparing for a Second China Shock and Bad Economists with Brad DeLong
The New Axis, Neoliberalism, and Germany [Mailbag]
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on AI's Moat, Risk, and SB 1047
Kamala/Trump Policy Discussion: Housing, Immigration, Tariffs
Tech Maturity and What Lies Ahead
Explaining Kamala’s VP Pick, the US Economy, Venezuela’s Fall and China’s Rise
AI, Software, and White-Collar Jobs
Kamala's Chances, Biden/Trump's Legacy
J.D. Vance, Biden's Path Forward, and Silicon Valley’s Shift to Trump
Evaluating Trump’s Policy Platform
The 'Be Careful What You Wish For' Episode
Trump/Biden, Chomsky/Foreign Policy, & Romantic Relationships
The Macro Episode
Europe, Immigration, and Taiwan
The Vibecession & the Future Economy under Trump vs Biden with Kyla Scanlon
Elite Overproduction and the Future of the Right
Controlling US Inflation, Global Trade, and the Future of India and Japan
Case for Biden, Biden vs Trump, China
Biden's New Tax Plan, Algorithmic Pricing, and Noah's Media Diet
How the Fed Works, Currency Crises, and TikTok ban [Listener Mailbag]
Wealth Distribution, Fixing Healthcare, and UBI
WW3 Analysis: China, The US, Ukraine, The Middle East
Fixing the US Economy: the Debt, Inequality, Biden/Trump Economic Predictions
Analyzing Economies Round 3: Middle East, Africa, South America, and North America
Analyzing Economies: England, France, Germany, Poland, Turkey, and the EU/European Immigration
Analyzing Economies: USA, China, Japan, Russia, India, Korea, and more
AI's Influence on the Economy with Nathan Labenz
How We Build More Housing with Brad Hargreaves
Building a Multi Racial Society
Putin, Tucker, and Russia
How International Development Works
A Deep Dive on Tariffs
Is the Great Stagnation Over?
A Deep Dive into Japan
Should We Prepare For a Recession?
Claudine Gay's Resignation from Harvard & Problems Plaguing Academia & Research
Trump/Biden, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and US/China w/ Dan Romero
Making Sense of Argentina: Inflation, Milei, Macro with Sebastian Bensusan
The Truth About Inflation
America's View on Immigration
Which energy source is best w/ Age of Miracles
The Trillion Dollar Non-Profit Sector, The Politicization of Science, & AI Tutors
Sam Altman, the Microsoft Bull Case, OpenAI and AI Live Players - The Riff with Byrne Hobart
Singapore, Xi Jingping Cleans Up SF, & Progressive Dystopias
China, Russia, the Middle East, and Geopolitical Predictions
What's Really Happening With the Economy?
Techno-Optimism, Nuclear Energy, and How To Enable More Innovation
Why Pax Americana is Dying and What Happens if China Attacks Taiwan
This is not normal, even for war | Israel, Hamas, Palestine, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
Where Bernie Sanders Went Wrong, PMC Socialists, and Student Loan Relief
Why the Next Age of Globalization Will Be Awesome, a Cheaper US Dollar, and Reducing the Deficit
Why Vivek is the Wrong Candidate, the new China-Russia Axis, and Ranking Presidents’ Foreign Policy
DM Debates, AI, and Tech Downturns with Adam Nash, CEO of Daffy
Fiscal Dominance, the War in Ukraine's Actual Cost, and Fact Checking Rich Men North of Richmond
Why China is Primed for Economic Carnage Worse than the US Financial Crisis of 2008
Student Debt, Wealth Inheritance, and Millennial Conservatism
The Economist's Mike Bird Debates Noah on Industrial Policy
Higher Ed, Being a Dorm Room Socrates, and the American Workforce
California Land Use, The Best American City, San Francisco Politics, and more with Dan Romero
China’s Housing Bubble, Healthcare Crisis, and Taiwan Relations
Why Libertarianism Fragmented, How the Right Became Statist, and Culture Wars
Foreign Policy, Industrial Policy, and Reflections on Biden thus far