Noah Smith

Noah and I talk about Keynes' 15 hour work week, Piketty's r>g, economic development in Africa, Javier Milei, Anime, and more.

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Timestamps

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:30) Noah’s intellectual influences

(0:10:20) Javier Milei

(0:11:43) Which macroeconomist would Noah give the highest grade?

(0:13:47) Defining mainstream macro in 2024

(0:18:22) Innovation in macroeconomics

(0:21:48) NGDP targeting

(0:24:35) Keynes and the 15 hour work week

(0:30:25) Is inequality a problem?

(0:34:16) Thomas Piketty and r>g

(0:39:37) Africa’s economic development

(0:44:47) What has Noah changed his mind about recently?

(0:47:59) Noah’s prolific output

(0:52:25) Noah’s goals for the blog

(0:53:41) Anime

(0:55:46) Japanese policy in the US

(0:57:56) Inheritance tax

(1:04:38) Japanese zoning policy

(1:06:12) When is technology dangerous?

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Links

- ⁠Follow Noah on X

- ⁠Noah’s Substack

- ⁠Noah’s podcast “Econ 102”

- ⁠⁠Noah’s podcast with Brad DeLong

- ⁠Noah’s post, “How are Milton Friedman's ideas holding up?”

- Noah’s post, “All futurism is Afrofuturism”

- Noah’s post, “Heterodox vs. mainstream macroeconomics”

- Noah’s post, “Techno-optimism for 2024”

- ⁠Follow Dan on X⁠

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