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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
Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment?
Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia CommonsIt starts with a little bump on your neck. You notice it when your hand brushes against it while you're washing your hair, but at first you don't pay it much attention. Then your spouse looks at your neck and asks you "What's that?" It's a little brown bum
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
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
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
Who will actually profit from the AI boom?
Photo (modified) by UK Prime Minister, via Wikimedia CommonsIn a post a week ago, I shared some pretty startling numbers about the size of the AI-related capex boom:Source: Paul KedroskyIn fact, this boom is so big that in 2025 so far, AI-related investment has contributed more to economic growth th
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