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Roundup #78: Roboliberalism
AI and productivity; Yuppie Fishtank Theory; Global development; American living standards; George Borjas
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Why does America feel worse than other countries? Crime.
In most ways, the U.S. is a typical rich country. Except for crime.
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The Citrini post is just a scary bedtime story
AI might take your job, but it probably won't crash the economy -- and if it does, we know how to deal with it.
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Does anyone know why we're still doing tariffs?
The ridiculous policy has taken on a life of its own.
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Democratic economic policy in the age of AI
The economy is changing fast. Democrats need to be a rock in the storm.
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China is killing the fish
An environmental danger almost no one is paying attention to.
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Updated thoughts on AI risk
Things have gotten scarier since 2023.
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How technology has already changed the world in my lifetime
A timely repost.
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You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth
The coming of AI means that humanity's destiny is (mostly) out of our hands.
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Roundup #77: The Fix-Everything Button
BART fare gates; AI and jobs, again; Tariffs and trade deficits; Jon Stewart vs. the economists; H-1Bs; Japan's fiscal position
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The Takaichi Era begins for real
Japan is leaving its pacifist era behind. That creates some interesting economic opportunities.
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Why America's extremes will both fail
The right narrows its coalition, while the left parasitizes its patrons
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