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Noah Smith

How the China narrative may be changing

June 23, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Right now, there’s this strong narrative that China’s government can do no wrong. China is unstoppable juggernaut. This view is about eight years out of […]

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Noah Smith on defense spending and diversification

April 19, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

But the next question is, how do we prevent such debacles from happening? Simply slashing defense budgets seems unlikely to do the trick, for the […]

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Measuring the impact of unexpected inflation on DoD budgets, and other economic issues

June 29, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Talking with Eric Torenberg, Noah Smith says “The Fed will not stick to any rules that it officially adopts.” (minute 32) “The Fed will always exercise […]

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