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Five things to be optimistic about in America today
Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.
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Why China is defeating Tesla
And how we can stop this from happening again and again.
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Why so many of us were wrong about missile defense
Writing about military spending is difficult.
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Sizing up the New Axis
A timely repost.
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Twilight of the economists?
The West's former top intellectuals grope for relevance in a fast-changing world.
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Americans are still not worried enough about the risk of world war
In which I try to be Gandalf instead of Cassandra.
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At least five interesting things to start your week (#33)
TSMC Arizona back on track, drawing arrows on graphs, the downsides of inclusionary zoning, why people hate inflation, and interesting ideas about…
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Why is the U.S. doing so much deficit spending?
And is this going to hurt us down the line?
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The U.S. would be insane to go it alone on trade and manufacturing
Punching down on our allies will not help the middle class.
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The perverse incentives of euthanasia
Suggesting that people die is not a good way of saving taxpayer money.
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Try patriotism
A repost, with some updates.
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March 2024

Why did the world break in the early 2010s?
Geopolitical, economic, political, and technological factors.
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