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The death of Market Street
How San Francisco turned its most iconic street into a giant empty scar.
 • Noah Smith
What if our biggest problems aren’t economic?
A new social challenge for a new century.
 • Noah Smith
Are we watching the U.S. go bankrupt?
No, but there are still reasons for concern.
 • Noah Smith
Economists should be worried about birth rates
Don’t be so quick to dismiss the threat of an aging, declining population.
 • Noah Smith
Where to eat in San Francisco
Part 1 of my personal recommendations.
 • Noah Smith
The end of an era for China's economy
Zhu Rongji's formula won't work anymore. But that doesn't mean Xi Jinping's will work either.
 • Noah Smith
23 low-regret recommendations for AI policy
A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan, with Tao Burga, Arthur Tellis, Ben Schifman, Jonah Weinbaum, and Olivia Scharfman
 • Tim Fist, Saif M. Khan, Tao Burga, Arthur Tellis, Ben Schifman, Jonah Weinbaum, and O.H. Scharfman
Roundup #86: Unintended consequences
The MAGA decline; The labor share decline; OPTs and American jobs; AI and Indian outsourcing; Drug users; AI and productivity; Botswana; Interracial…
 • Noah Smith
The poverty of anti-tech thought
Some of my colleagues have been led into an intellectual cul-de-sac.
 • Noah Smith
Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?
A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan.
 • Tim Fist and Saif M. Khan
Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy
There's one thing keeping us afloat right now, and people want to get rid of it.
 • Noah Smith
Are the Democrats going to save us this time?
And if not, what do we do?
 • Noah Smith
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