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Back to SearchPatrick Collison & Noah Smith: How Can the US Stay Ahead Technologically?
Episode 87
This week, Noah Smith and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison recorded a live conversation on Substack covering topics such as American technological leadership, global competition, industrial policy, foreig…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Understanding US-China Relations Right Now with Nathan Labenz
Episode 86
In this week’s episode of Econ 102, Noah Smith, with special guest Nathan Labenz (host of AI podcast The Cognitive Revolution) breaks down the current landscape of U.S.-China relations and how once-a…
Published on 11 months ago
Paul Krugman on Leaving NYT, America's Economy, and Trump
Episode 85
This week Noah Smith and economist Paul Krugman hopped on a call to discuss Paul's departure from the New York Times, the benefits of independent writing, U.S. manufacturing and industrial policy, ge…
Published on 11 months ago
Trump's Executive Orders, China's Economy, The Bull Case for the Middle East, and Europe's Decline
Episode 84
In this episode, Erik Torenberg and Noah Smith discuss wide range of topics, including Trump’s executive orders and their effects on U.S. politics, international tariffs, Michael Pettis's views on Ch…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Noah Smith on Taiwan's Future, Nuclear Proliferation, and Trump 2.0 [ChinaTalk]
Episode 83
While traveling to Taiwan, Noah Smith sat down with ChinaTalk's managing editor and Taipei correspondent Lily Ottinger to explore wide range of geopolitical and economic issues, including the potenti…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
A Debate with Scott Sumner: Industrial Policy, China, and National Security
Episode 82
In this episode, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg are joined by Scott Sumner, an American economist and previously the Director of the Program on Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason U…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Canada After Trudeau, Immigration Debate, and China's Economy
Episode 81
This week, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg explore the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Xi Jinping's political future, U.S.-China tensions, Trump's and Biden's policies, the 2019 global pro…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump, Tariffs, and the New 80s: America's Next Cultural Reset
Episode 80
This week, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss Silicon Valley's cultural influence, Marc Andreessen's predictions, what comes after wokeness, tariffs on China, Reaganomics, the 'polycrisis,' the fu…
Published on 1 year ago
China's Demographic Time Bomb and America's Economic Future
Episode 79
In today's episode, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg answer listeners' questions and discuss global economic issues such as China's demographic challenges, currency crises, GDP vs. GDP per capita, the e…
Published on 1 year ago
Relationships, Gender Wars, and Online Culture with Katherine Dee (Default Friend)
Episode 78
This week, Erik Torenberg and Noah Smith discuss modern dating dynamics, cultural shifts, and the impact of technology and social media on relationships with author and former dating advice columnist…
Published on 1 year ago