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Jan 4, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

What advice would you give to an undergraduate economics student that wanted to pursue writing articles/columns professionally like you do?

Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!

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Jan 4, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

If you had to give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would that advice be?

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Jan 6, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

In your experience which breed of rabbit is the most intelligent (at puzzles) or emotional intelligent?

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Jan 5, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

ahah I know it's probably too late, but did you read ramez naam's book "the infinite ressource, the power of ideas on a finite planet"

If yes, could you please give short review or write a blog post about it ? I just read it and will be very interested of what other people think about it :)

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Jan 4, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

If aiming for best long term wages and career stability as a mid 30s person with a terrible academic record (grad school not realistic) who finds themself in a compliance/regulatory affairs niche in financial services, would you recommend they a) remain in said niche and aim for managerial roles, or b) pursue the very popular (oversaturated?) data science field though self learning and/or bootcamps.

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Jan 3, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

Do you have a favorite breed of rabbit? I had a couple of mini-rexs (rexes?) when i was growing up.

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Jan 3, 2021Liked by Noah Smith

How do you keep rabbits from chewing up, or scratching up, carpeting?

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There have been examples of unsuccessful "industrial policy" namely South America using ISI and I don't even think "industrial policy" can be attributed to Japan's success from 1950s-1980s so why do you think the US will get a successful policy vs the UK in the 70s with unproductive industries being subsidized

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Part A: Do you ever worry that you might be a Boltzmann brain?

Part B: Do you ever worry (or hope) that you might be quantum-immortal?

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Any thoughts on mandatory retirement contributions for employers? (The idea, not the viability of implementation in the US).

We have a pretty damn good retirement system here in Australia (Superannuation). It's one of the reasons the middle class is doing pretty good here (and why Oz is the world's 2nd wealthiest nation per capita.)

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What portion of econ fights are actually fights about normative ethics?

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Branko Milanovic, great, the best, or GOAT? more specifically, is his criticism of western capitalism valid?

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Is East Asia going to be the only politically/economically functioning part of the world by the time CoViD-19 is over?

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Worker cooperatives, self managed a la Mondragon? Something we should strive for?

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Please describe your workday Mr. Productive

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I get you're not into tankies. But do you find all instances of violent overthrow of extractive elites as unacceptable? French revolution? Haitian independence? Etc.

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