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rahul razdan's avatar

This is an awesome amount of good work... congratulations.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Total agreement!

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Noah Smith's avatar

Thanks, folks!!

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FrigidWind's avatar

Could you write about the social situation in South Korea, especially the “Hell Joseon” phenomenon? Much of its cultural exports (aside from music) such as Squid Game and Parasite deal with lack of social mobility, poverty and inequality.

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Noah Smith's avatar

Yep I can!

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Arun Garg's avatar

I think your comparative advantage lies in exactly these kinds of synoptic posts, synthesizing a compelling, coherent thesis across a wide spectrum of economics, geopolitical, cultural, and defense issues. Especially when in comes to developing countries, neglected by mainstream econ and poorly covered by "experts" in geopolitics. No one else comes close! Hoping to read many more of these, on Altasia, esp India.

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Noah Smith's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I wrote my first Substack post in response to Noah's July 7 “China at Peak." It discusses how we can successfully handle our diplomatic relations with a country that wants to be the Great Power of the world. I hope you'll check it out!

https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/are-the-united-states-and-china-at

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Hubert Walas's avatar

Great stuff Noah! Is it possible to get in touch with you via DM?

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