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Should economists read Marx?
Yes, but not for the reasons Marxists think.
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At least five interesting things: Red Tape edition (#57)
NEPA; Carter's deregulations; targeted tariffs; YIMBY news; greedflation; a bad viral chart; Acemoglu on H-1bs
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Learn smart lessons from the L.A. fires, not stupid lessons
Ignore the political propaganda. We live in a world with more fires now, and we need to prepare for it.
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The Taiwan posts
Three classics from the Noahpinion archive
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Trudeau was a poor steward of Canada's economy
No one knows what ails Canada, but Trudeau didn't try very hard to fix it.
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Biden's tarnished industrial legacy
He began our Great Rebuilding, but his approach had fundamental flaws.
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How do we measure whether China's economy is "ahead" of America's?
Comparing economies is an inexact science.
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction
The insanity of war has returned to our world.
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December 2024

Why Japan opened itself up to immigration
And why your country probably will, too.
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At least five interesting things: Build Something, Dammit! (#56)
Power vs. abundance; Chinese espionage; U.S. manufacturing woes; the growth of good jobs; Milei's successes
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Five possible reasons China's productivity slowed down
A repost, with some updates.
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Indian immigration is great for America
This isn't ambiguous.
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