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Noah Smith

Economics commentator; writes the Noahpinion newsletter

The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Noah Smith, updated daily.

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4 weeks ago
Oct 5

What the AI boom is doing for Americans

It’s not just “of, by and for oligarchs”.

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5 weeks ago
Oct 3
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Oct 1

Roundup #89: It isn’t X, it’s Y

AI risk; Reindustrialization; The rent crisis; AI and jobs; Mass deportation; Chinese investment; Cyber…

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5 weeks ago
Sep 28

Stop spending money on smaller classes

We’ve spent decades raising teacher quantity when we should have been raising quality.

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6 weeks ago
Sep 24

No, you are not on Indigenous land

A repost from 2024.

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6 weeks ago
Sep 22

The problem(s) with utilitarianism

Our favorite moral philosophy is about to come under increasing strain.

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7 weeks ago
Sep 18

Roundup #88: Is it time to panic yet?

AI risk; AI and growth; AI and Saas; Rich people; Christians vs.

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7 weeks ago
Sep 16

The anti-American Right

Bo French’s rightist movement is a dead end for our nation. Fortunately, it’s beatable.

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7 weeks ago
Sep 14

Two missing pieces in the AI safety discussion

We need to make skeptics properly scared. And we need to make CHINA properly scared.

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8 weeks ago
Sep 9

Liberalism needs a new philosophy of immigration

We need to make a principled stand instead of a tactical retreat.

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