Book Review: "Breakneck"
In which Dan Wang offers a compelling theory of China vs. America.| Noahpinion
In which Dan Wang offers a compelling theory of China vs. America.| Noahpinion
How long before America's dysfunctional politics start hurting its economy?| Noahpinion
Winning elections is important. But so is serving the people.| Noahpinion
Each country is sorting out its own internal issues.| Noahpinion
We need a few more of them. How can we get them?| www.noahpinion.blog
Adopting foreign technologies is scary, but it's what makes a society rich.| www.noahpinion.blog
The antitrust progressives are just wrong about this one.| Noahpinion
AI and jobs; Bernie's bad chart; Personalist leaders and growth; AI vs. trolls; Chinese transshipment; marriage facts| Noahpinion
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.| Noahpinion
Learning about the immigrant experience by reading graphic novels| Noahpinion
It should be easier to capitalize on the anti-Trump backlash.| Noahpinion
Poor countries have to get rich somehow. This is the tried-and-true method.| Noahpinion
If the Chinese Century underwhelms, it'll be partly due to a single man.| Noahpinion
Which economic approach works depends a lot on where you start from.| www.noahpinion.blog
This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens.| www.noahpinion.blog
Why I think this political movement isn't going anywhere in the long term.| Noahpinion
To some degree, yes. But what they really need is a development state.| Noahpinion
A repost from the Noahpinion archives, with a few updates.| www.noahpinion.blog
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is an attack on American energy production.| www.noahpinion.blog
One of my favorite writers has joined Substack! Let's see what he has to say.| www.noahpinion.blog
There are real problems with trade deficits, but Trump doesn't understand what they are.| www.noahpinion.blog
Progressive ideas still try to defy economic realities.| www.noahpinion.blog
A review by Sandeep Vaheesan fails to discredit Abundance, but it points to what the movement could be doing better.| www.noahpinion.blog
I've been writing about this for a while.| www.noahpinion.blog
It's called "Weeb Economy". But so far it's only in Japanese.| www.noahpinion.blog
A Ukrainian drone attack shows our extreme vulnerability.| www.noahpinion.blog
Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.| www.noahpinion.blog
This is no longer a serious country.| www.noahpinion.blog
Predictably, my theories are all technological and economic.| www.noahpinion.blog
The protectionist narrative is more myth than fact.| www.noahpinion.blog
Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.| www.noahpinion.blog
If Trump and Elon think they can forge a grand right-wing alliance with China and Russia, they're heading for trouble.| www.noahpinion.blog
The question we'll all be asking over the next year or more.| www.noahpinion.blog
Stasis won't lead to a prosperous or equitable society.| www.noahpinion.blog
It's not a nerd revenge fantasy, but a cautionary tale.| www.noahpinion.blog
Germany's mistakes; U.S. political parties; the VC winter; austerity; science and politics; TikTok propaganda; desalination| www.noahpinion.blog
They aren't always right, but they almost always have something important to add.| www.noahpinion.blog
Government data revisions can be scary, but they actually aren't that hard to understand.| www.noahpinion.blog
A guest post by Brian Albrecht of Economic Forces.| www.noahpinion.blog
One party is actively trying to leave the 2010s behind. The other is doubling down.| www.noahpinion.blog
It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.| www.noahpinion.blog
Morning in America; Trump's bad vibes; Japan's chip industry; Biden and abundance; native-born employment; redistribution; transit costs| www.noahpinion.blog
Don't turn to the dark side of progressive economics.| www.noahpinion.blog
Trump's signature policy would frighten Americans without improving the immigration situation.| www.noahpinion.blog
The internet is mostly complete. Where does tech go from here?| www.noahpinion.blog
Looking for the silver lining in a messy policy.| www.noahpinion.blog
Suddenly, the country has an opportunity to leave the madness of the 2010s behind.| www.noahpinion.blog
But even so, it's probably time for the Fed to start cutting rates.| www.noahpinion.blog
What *not* to do when you're in charge of a country.| www.noahpinion.blog
A campaign insult offers a window into American society in the 2020s.| www.noahpinion.blog
We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.| www.noahpinion.blog
Why the best President of my lifetime might get misremembered as a bumbling caretaker.| www.noahpinion.blog
That's a scary thought, but not for the reason it used to be.| www.noahpinion.blog
In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Trump, America is the world's least stable Great Power.| www.noahpinion.blog
The automated luxury paradise is still just science fiction.| www.noahpinion.blog
Lifting humanity out of poverty is Job #1.| www.noahpinion.blog
How electricity is replacing combustion as humanity's key tool for mastering the physical world.| www.noahpinion.blog
A few hypotheses about a very disturbing trend.| www.noahpinion.blog
There are several good reasons to be worried.| www.noahpinion.blog
The rise in maternal mortality, the fall in geographic mobility, the rise in teen suicide, and many other "facts" are being called into question.| www.noahpinion.blog
Elite overproduction spotted in the wild.| www.noahpinion.blog
If you don't acknowledge the point of tariffs, how can you hope to criticize them?| www.noahpinion.blog
If so, it could shake the foundations of the global economy.| www.noahpinion.blog
The Ukraine-and-TikTok bill is a good start. Here are five more things we need to work on.| www.noahpinion.blog
Whatever you think of Israel, there's just no future in "global intifada" and "Death to America".| www.noahpinion.blog
Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.| www.noahpinion.blog
In which I try to be Gandalf instead of Cassandra.| www.noahpinion.blog
And is this going to hurt us down the line?| www.noahpinion.blog
Indian poverty reduction, America's friends, Canada's economy, Europe grows a spine, and Japan's DARPA| www.noahpinion.blog
A guest post by Preston Mui.| www.noahpinion.blog
Comparative advantage is very subtle, but incredibly powerful.| www.noahpinion.blog
The CCP and its allies have bought themselves a new champion.| www.noahpinion.blog
"Are we better off", the economy of Dune, energy abundance, wacky polls, doomscrolling, anger about interest rates, and visualizing urban density| www.noahpinion.blog
Building a multiracial society is hard work. Don't be tempted by shortcuts.| www.noahpinion.blog
A repost from the archives of my old blog| www.noahpinion.blog
When Putin talks, we should listen.| www.noahpinion.blog
Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.| www.noahpinion.blog
Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust accordingly.| www.noahpinion.blog
SF's Market Street debacle, the debate over real wages, why U.S. growth has gotten smoother, TikTok as a propaganda engine, and California homelessness| www.noahpinion.blog
National wealth comes from ingenuity, hard work, good institutions, sound policy, political stability, and openness to foreign ideas and investment.| www.noahpinion.blog
And some perspective on what's happened already.| www.noahpinion.blog
Bringing it back isn't impossible, but it will be difficult.| www.noahpinion.blog
It's time to face this difficult fact, understand why it's happening, and deal with it.| www.noahpinion.blog
Not that anyone is going to listen to the evidence...| www.noahpinion.blog
The OpenAI coup, "deaths of despair", Japan's stagnation, solar panel waste, and the Inequality Wars| www.noahpinion.blog
The world has a new largest country, and it's on the move.| www.noahpinion.blog
Have we found the regulation that's strangling the U.S. economy?| www.noahpinion.blog
Slowly, the tide is starting to turn.| www.noahpinion.blog
Researchers shouldn't just make stuff up.| www.noahpinion.blog
A question few people seem to be asking.| www.noahpinion.blog
A joint blog post by Noah and roon on the future of work in the age of AI| www.noahpinion.blog
Flamboyant pessimism serves no useful purpose.| www.noahpinion.blog
