A cult of personality prizes loyalty above competence, resulting in "rule by the worst". | Continue reading
It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results. | Continue reading
America needs austerity. But is Musk's plan the right kind of austerity? | Continue reading
Let's not bring back the wacky 2010s. | Continue reading
Nations - even democratic ones - are exclusive clubs. And that's OK. | Continue reading
Iron Man, or Dr. Doom? | Continue reading
The biggest risks are all about debt and inflation. | Continue reading
Thinking about the very long term. | Continue reading
It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo". | Continue reading
Because they're a superior technology, and superior technologies win. | Continue reading
If Trump is elected, there will be no liberal great powers left in the world. | Continue reading
Feeling adrift in the 2020s. | Continue reading
Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson win a prize for their grand unified theory of development. | Continue reading
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It's usually not a good idea to try to make arguments look stronger than they really are. | Continue reading
Some good ideas in here. | Continue reading
Bloggers love to argue. | Continue reading
It's Boss Tweed vs. Boss Tweet. | Continue reading
Both critics and supporters seem to think AI is a "human remover". What if they're both wrong? | Continue reading
It really doesn't get much better than this, folks. | Continue reading
Fun!! | Continue reading
The working class needs automation and upskilling, not luddism. | Continue reading
Permitting reform; industrial policy progress; China stimulus/bailouts; men and politics; wokeness; tariffs; a bad union demand | Continue reading
I've explained it before, and I'll keep explaining it until the world understands. | Continue reading
A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub. | Continue reading
A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub. | Continue reading
Fission power is great, but we invented something even greater. | Continue reading
What really happens when a "flood of migrants" gets "dumped" on a small heartland town. | Continue reading
Degrowth, real and imagined; 90s taxes; China's banks; CHIPS Act bureaucrats; YIMBY education; the slacker era | Continue reading
Persecuting groups of people to score political points is not OK. | Continue reading
Europe is losing the productivity race. Can it get back in the game? | Continue reading
Biden already boosted fracking. Harris needs to promise more of the same. | Continue reading
Macro will not be mocked, sir. | Continue reading
Information war; Chinese VC; land reform; India's garment industry; degrowth research; Trump vs. Harris on deficits; good news | Continue reading
Why do I even have to type that sentence? | Continue reading
Poland is a developed country. But it can still get richer. | Continue reading
A guest post by Steven Glinert. | Continue reading
There are much better ways to tax the rich. We don't need this one. | Continue reading
A guest post by Brian Potter of Construction Physics. | Continue reading
They come back every few decades, spreading the same old lies. | Continue reading
Only one President has taken actual concrete steps to address U.S. industrial weakness vis-a-vis China. | Continue reading
Outrage is only one motivation for change, and it comes with a cost. | Continue reading
A repost, more relevant than ever. | Continue reading
Bashing this bogeyman is no substitute for a new policy program that works. | Continue reading
It's not a nerd revenge fantasy, but a cautionary tale. | Continue reading
Germany's mistakes; U.S. political parties; the VC winter; austerity; science and politics; TikTok propaganda; desalination | Continue reading
They aren't always right, but they almost always have something important to add. | Continue reading