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MAGA doesn't build anything
Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on UnsplashI think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that the MAGA movement is the most powerful and important political movement in America today, by a wide margin. Trump's control of the presidency, and his unprecedented domination of the Republican Party, mean that
What can India do to industrialize?
Photo by Previn Samuel on UnsplashI really believe that Indian industrialization is one of the most important stories in the world today. The fate of over a billion people — most of them still pretty poor — hinges crucially on the question of whether the world's most populous nation can lift itself
Xi Jinping is the main thing holding China back
Photo by Abode of Chaos via OpenverseDuring the Biden years, a lot of us thought that the next era of world history would be defined, in large part, by economic and geostrategic competition between the U.S. and China. That's looking a little less likely these days. Donald Trump still makes the occas
Immigrant memoir comics!
Today, instead of writing about economics as usual, I thought I'd do a culture post. I've given my lists of favorite sci-fi novels and anime series, so I thought I'd do another list — my favorite immigrant memoir comics.Immigrant memoir comics are my guilty pleasure. I just can't get enough of readi
Why does everyone still hate the Democrats?
Photo by The White House via Wikimedia CommonsDonald Trump's popularity continues to slowly erode:Source: Nate SilverHe's now underwater on almost all of the issues, even on his signature issue of immigration.And at least as of a couple weeks ago, Democrats were leading Republicans in generic ballot
The only thing worse than sweatshops is no sweatshops
Photo by Fahad Faisal via Wikimedia CommonsI was going to write about U.S. politics today, but sweatshops came up in an online discussion, so I'll write about that instead. It's so rare to have interesting, substantive discussions about economic policy on social media, so I relish the chance to dive
Will data centers crash the economy?
Photo via AmazonThe U.S. economic data for the last few months is looking decidedly meh. The latest employment numbers were so bad that Trump actually fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her of manipulating the numbers to make him look bad. But there's one huge bright spot ami
Should Democrats go back to neoliberalism?
Photo by Marques Thomas on UnsplashAdam Ozimek had an interesting tweet today:It's a compelling point. The op-ed he's referring to is by law professor Zephyr Teachout, in which she accuses grocery stores of using market power to squeeze out smaller competitors and raise prices for consumers. I'm not