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Americans are angry about immigration
It's time to face this difficult fact, understand why it's happening, and deal with it.
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At least five things for your Thanksgiving weekend (#20)
The OpenAI coup, "deaths of despair", Japan's stagnation, solar panel waste, and the Inequality Wars
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Feeling strangely optimistic about Egypt
It has many of the building blocks for a successful industrialization story.
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Three years of Noahpinion
What happened to the world in 2023, and what I wrote about it
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Politicized science inevitably tends toward pseudoscience
Researchers shouldn't just make stuff up.
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The Roaring 20s are back on track
A healthy economy, strong productivity growth, and a continuing tech boom.
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At least five things to finish your week (#19)
Real wages, why North Korea is poor, China's stalled catch-up, the economics of social media, AI takes some jobs, and a comic about rabbits
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Don't expect too much from the U.S.-China detente
A thaw is in the air, but Chimerica isn't coming back.
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