Can I make a request for more (or any really) posts about Africa?
It seems to be the last hope for demographics in the 21st (not to mention cultural things like how it is transforming Christianity) and I feel like I know very little about the economics of what's happening in a massive region.
A recurrent theme recently has been that "obvious" demographics stuff is baked in. It was obvious Japan would collapse in the 90s because of demographics. It was obvious China's one child policy would create massive headwinds. It is obvious that America's anti-immigration policy does the same.
But for all those policies I remember AT THE TIME nobody thought it was obvious.
So what's the story on Africa? Are we going to look back in 30 years and say it was obvious it was going to overtake South Korea and Taiwan?
Did the survey, offered some opinions and suggestions.
I'd like to see you do some Latin America stuff... actually, I think you should do a Latin America tour. You like Asia, but their is a lot more world to see!
I responded to the survey. Please note that my comments apply to sub stack and Twitter taken together. I love both. I have been taking extended Twitter breaks lately, but still check in every day to search for tweets from you, Krugman and Daniel Negranue.
Traditional finance would have to be in a pretty bad state to learn anything from crypto. Proof of work isn’t the only technical flaw; essentially the whole thing is. The only good idea is that maybe you should use a database that keeps history by default, but we’ve had those since the 70s.
Popularity in tech has nothing to do with the ideas making sense - you can see this from IBM ads which have been 100% nonsense buzzwords about “5G AI cloud” for years.
Noah, can you do a bit on South Korea's social problems? While it is turning into a cultural powerhouse, so many exports are about it's socioeconomic problems like Squid game, Parasite and Extreme Job. There's also the Hell Joseon ideology and Spoon Class theory and gapjil etc. Would love to read your perspective.
This is a great Substack and I'm happy to be a subscriber. I'm surprised more people haven't done likewise -- yet. This may be like the Hollywood model in the olden days -- start small and through word of mouth build into an impressive hit.
Can I request a look at South Korea's housing affordability problem?
Unlike California, Korea builds lots of skyscrapers. Yet Seoul's housing has somehow become as much of a crisis as San Francisco's.
Do Korea's troubles mean zoning isn't the only way to screw up your country's housing? Or does it mean Seoul has zoning problems too, just different ones?
I'd love an article from you looking at housing affordability issues, Korean-style.
Can I make a request for more (or any really) posts about Africa?
It seems to be the last hope for demographics in the 21st (not to mention cultural things like how it is transforming Christianity) and I feel like I know very little about the economics of what's happening in a massive region.
A recurrent theme recently has been that "obvious" demographics stuff is baked in. It was obvious Japan would collapse in the 90s because of demographics. It was obvious China's one child policy would create massive headwinds. It is obvious that America's anti-immigration policy does the same.
But for all those policies I remember AT THE TIME nobody thought it was obvious.
So what's the story on Africa? Are we going to look back in 30 years and say it was obvious it was going to overtake South Korea and Taiwan?
Did the survey, offered some opinions and suggestions.
I'd like to see you do some Latin America stuff... actually, I think you should do a Latin America tour. You like Asia, but their is a lot more world to see!
I responded to the survey. Please note that my comments apply to sub stack and Twitter taken together. I love both. I have been taking extended Twitter breaks lately, but still check in every day to search for tweets from you, Krugman and Daniel Negranue.
Why do you think YIMBY-ism is "triumphing?"
Traditional finance would have to be in a pretty bad state to learn anything from crypto. Proof of work isn’t the only technical flaw; essentially the whole thing is. The only good idea is that maybe you should use a database that keeps history by default, but we’ve had those since the 70s.
Popularity in tech has nothing to do with the ideas making sense - you can see this from IBM ads which have been 100% nonsense buzzwords about “5G AI cloud” for years.
Noah, can you do a bit on South Korea's social problems? While it is turning into a cultural powerhouse, so many exports are about it's socioeconomic problems like Squid game, Parasite and Extreme Job. There's also the Hell Joseon ideology and Spoon Class theory and gapjil etc. Would love to read your perspective.
This is a great Substack and I'm happy to be a subscriber. I'm surprised more people haven't done likewise -- yet. This may be like the Hollywood model in the olden days -- start small and through word of mouth build into an impressive hit.
Can I request a look at South Korea's housing affordability problem?
Unlike California, Korea builds lots of skyscrapers. Yet Seoul's housing has somehow become as much of a crisis as San Francisco's.
Do Korea's troubles mean zoning isn't the only way to screw up your country's housing? Or does it mean Seoul has zoning problems too, just different ones?
I'd love an article from you looking at housing affordability issues, Korean-style.