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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A country can still catch up all the way to developed-country income without producing a world-beating national champion manufacturer. A country can still catch up all the wayto developed-country income withoutproducing a world-beating nationalchampion manufacturer. Last stated a year ago 14 Jul 2025 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2025-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export success is not enough: a country that wants to manufacture has to build whole domestic ecosystems of interrelated industries. — tap to centre the map on it Export success is not enough: acountry that wants to manufacturehas to build whole domesticecosystems of interrelatedindustries. Last stated a year ago 14 Jul 2025 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2025-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only a handful of countries can do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right. — tap to centre the map on it Only a handful of countries can dohigh technology at all, becauseindustrial capability ispath-dependent and the initialconditions are very hard to getright. Last stated 7 years ago 1 Jan 2020 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the US and China have substantial startup activity left; the rest of the world cannot really do startups. — tap to centre the map on it Only the US and China havesubstantial startup activity left;the rest of the world cannot reallydo startups. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: China's technological competitiveness is grounded in manufacturing capability rather than in scientific research. — tap to centre the map on it China's technologicalcompetitiveness is grounded inmanufacturing capability rather thanin scientific research. Last stated 4 years ago 4 Mar 2023 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2023-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Comparing a poor country’s GDP with South Korea’s at independence is a shallow argument that hides the differences that actually decided the outcome. — tap to centre the map on it Comparing a poor country’s GDP withSouth Korea’s at independence is ashallow argument that hides thedifferences that actually decidedthe outcome. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Jan 2025 OK Oliver Kim — no longer holds since 2025-01-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: China's manufacturing dominance rests on work ethic, knowhow and infrastructure rather than on low wages, because many countries pay less and cannot do it. — tap to centre the map on it China's manufacturing dominancerests on work ethic, knowhow andinfrastructure rather than on lowwages, because many countries payless and cannot do it. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: No country can keep a key technology to itself for long, because the knowledge leaves with the people who hold it. — tap to centre the map on it No country can keep a key technologyto itself for long, because theknowledge leaves with the people whohold it. Last stated 7 years ago 1 Jan 2020 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export controls cannot deny China compute: it already manufactures most of the world’s mainstream chips and has some of the world’s best computer scientists. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot deny Chinacompute: it already manufacturesmost of the world’s mainstream chipsand has some of the world’s bestcomputer scientists. Last stated 6 months ago 15 Apr 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship forundocumented immigrants iscompatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago 30 May 2013 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw poweris being drawn right now, and Europehas to fight for its place in it. Last stated a year ago 10 Sept 2025 UL Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off. — tap to centre the map on it A trade dispute escalated byaggressive tariffs can still end ina negotiated outcome that leaves allsides better off. Last stated a year ago 30 May 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: America's large trade deficit in manufactured goods means fewer US manufacturing jobs than balanced trade would. — tap to centre the map on it America's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods means fewer USmanufacturing jobs than balancedtrade would. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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