Substacks recommended by Noah Smith

Recommended by Noah Smith

Dwarkesh Podcast

By Dwarkesh Patel

Deeply researched interviews

Kyla’s Newsletter

By kyla scanlon

human-centric economic analysis to help all of us understand the world better

Gen Z's great economics explainer

- Noah Smith

A Causal Affair

By Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham

Causal Inference, Coding and Consumer Finance

Another great econ blog, with an academic focus.

- Noah Smith

Statecraft

By Santi Ruiz

How policymakers get things done

A blog about state capacity, bureaucracy, regulation, and how to get things done, by Santi Ruiz

- Noah Smith

Breaking the News

By James Fallows

Dispatches from a veteran reporter

James Fallows is one of the best reporters and essayists I've read.

- Noah Smith

Concurrent

By Afra

Understand the parallel and colliding tech and cultural currents shaping Silicon Valley, China, and beyond.

Olga Khazan

mental health, science, life hacks, updates about and insights from my new book about personality change

A blog about psychology from one of my favorite Atlantic writers

- Noah Smith

The Electrotech Revolution

By Kingsmill Bond

Insights into an Electrifying World

High Capacity

By Kyle Chan

China's tech and industrial policy: manufacturing, global supply chains, AI, clean tech, EVs, trade, economic competition.

A great blog about Chinese industrial policy, by Kevin Chan

- Noah Smith

Free Systems

By Andy Hall

Experiments to Preserve Liberty in an Algorithmic World

MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing Substack

By Mariann Murray

Insights from articles and reports of interest on manufacturing technology, management, policy, and economics in the US and abroad

A Broad and Ample Road

By Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu

Based in Taiwan, we write about culture, politics, religion, & daily life. We're locally rooted and draw on our expertise in history, law, and advocacy. We've been recognized as one of the leading English-language publications covering Taiwan.

Interesting stuff from Taiwan

- Noah Smith

The Roots of Progress

By Jason Crawford

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute

Jason Crawford's newsletter about progress

- Noah Smith

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

Deeply researched product, growth, and career advice—newsletter, podcast, community, and living library

Lenny needs no introduction!

- Noah Smith

TokyoScope by Patrick Macias

TokyoScope seeks out new trends in Japanese pop culture, along with celebrating the best of the past. Curated, written, and edited by Patrick Macias (who lives in Japan).

If you enjoy Japanese pop culture, this is the blog for you!

- Noah Smith

SemiAnalysis

By Dylan Patel

Bridging the gap between the world's most important industry, semiconductors, and business.

A very technical blog about semiconductors, from the consulting firm SemiAnalysis LLC

- Noah Smith

The Works in Progress Newsletter

By Works in Progress

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Volts

By David Roberts

A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.

David Roberts' climate blog. My favorite resource for climate stuff.

- Noah Smith

Andy Masley

Crossing the river by touching the stones

The Climate Brink

By Andrew Dessler

The Choice is Ours: Climate Disaster or a Sustainable Future

A blog by two great climate scientists and forecasters

- Noah Smith

Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Construction Physics

By Brian Potter

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Brian Potter explains the construction industry, and plenty of urbanist stuff along the way.

- Noah Smith

Derek Thompson

A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.

The man who got me into op-ed writing, and one of the authors of Abundance!

- Noah Smith

Erdmann Housing Tracker

By Kevin Erdmann

How housing costs got here and where they're going.

A great blog about housing with lots of data

- Noah Smith

Japan Happiness

By Hiroko Yoda

A newsletter by translator and author Hiroko Yoda.

Insightful thoughts on Japanese culture and society

- Noah Smith

Phillips’s Newsletter

By Phillips P. OBrien

Whatever intrigues me--these days the Russo-Ukraine War with regular departures

A good newsletter for updates on the Ukraine war.

- Noah Smith

Justified Posteriors

By Andrey Fradkin

Home of the Justified Posteriors podcast + various musing on economics from Andrey Fradkin and Seth Benzell.

The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith.

A centrist magazine

- Noah Smith

Ghosts of Electricity

By Alex Imas

Essays on the economics of AI and technological change.

Apricitas Economics

By Joseph Politano

Data-driven Insights on Economics, Business, Finance, and Public Policy.

One of the best econ data blogs out there. By Joey Politano.

- Noah Smith

Japan Optimist

By Jesper Koll

Japan analysis and insights - capitalism that works

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

The Discourse Lounge

By Darrell Owens

I analyze politics, housing affordability, transportation, culture and urban living. Mostly focused in the Bay Area but not exclusively.

An excellent blog about housing and urban issues, and (occasionally) about social trends, from the excellent Darrell Owens

- Noah Smith

kisskisstine

By Christine Villanueva

comics, internet culture, illustrations, bunnies and moreee✨

cute art by my friend Christine Villanueva

- Noah Smith

Infinite Scroll

By Jeremiah Johnson

The Politics of Posting and the Social Internet

A fun blog keeping track of online cultural trends

- Noah Smith

Parachute

By Lyn Stoler

An investigation into how our cities can become beautiful, resilient, and livable in the face of climate change.

A fun blog about sustainability and urbanism

- Noah Smith

Arpitrage

By Arpit Gupta

Finance, Real Estate, and Urban Economics

A smart economics blog, by Arpit Gupta

- Noah Smith

ChinaTalk

By Jordan Schneider

Deep coverage of technology, China, and US policy. We feature original analysis alongside interviews with leading thinkers and policymakers.

An incredible wealth of timely information about China-related stuff

- Noah Smith

Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Tech strategy, analysis, and philosophy, but not boring.

The most techno-optimist of all blogs

- Noah Smith

Global Developments

By Oliver Kim

Economic development and poverty, past and present.

A blog about development econ and economic history

- Noah Smith

Understanding AI

By Timothy B. Lee

Exploring how AI works and how it's changing our world.

Progress and Poverty

By Progress & Poverty

Exploring the implications of Georgism in the modern world. Brought to you by the Center for Land Economics

Georgism!

- Noah Smith

Jeff-alytics

By Jeff Asher

I write about crime, data, and crime data. Come join, it'll be fun! Also, you can subscribe to the Jeff-alytics Podcast at: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2540141.rss