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Read this korrent: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. — tap to centre the map on it
Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country.
Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades. — tap to centre the map on it
Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades.
Last stated 9 months ago
11 Dec 2025
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Brian Potter — holds since 2025-12-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is the party's censorship, not any lack of talent, that has made China a cultural underperformer beside Japan and South Korea. — tap to centre the map on it
It is the party's censorship, not any lack of talent, that has made China a cultural underperformer beside Japan and South Korea.
Last stated 3 years ago
23 Jan 2024
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Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Japan's decades of stagnation were caused by its shrinking working-age population rather than by its monetary policy. — tap to centre the map on it
Japan's decades of stagnation were caused by its shrinking working-age population rather than by its monetary policy.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Nov 2024
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Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Japan's loss of innovation is mostly a finance story: companies can no longer get the cheap plentiful bank loans they had in the 70s and 80s. — tap to centre the map on it
Japan's loss of innovation is mostly a finance story: companies can no longer get the cheap plentiful bank loans they had in the 70s and 80s.
Last stated a week ago
29 Aug 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Japanese colonial rule built a far deeper state in Korea than European rule ever built in sub-Saharan Africa. — tap to centre the map on it
Japanese colonial rule built a far deeper state in Korea than European rule ever built in sub-Saharan Africa.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Jan 2025
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Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-01-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Judging by output kept near potential despite weak private demand, Japan's decades of high debt and low inflation reflect a qualified policy success, not failure. — tap to centre the map on it
Judging by output kept near potential despite weak private demand, Japan's decades of high debt and low inflation reflect a qualified policy success, not failure.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tariff revenue is real but far too small to make a dent in the American deficit. — tap to centre the map on it
Tariff revenue is real but far too small to make a dent in the American deficit.
Last stated 6 months ago
24 Feb 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tariffs on imported components and machinery hurt the American manufacturers they are supposed to help. — tap to centre the map on it
Tariffs on imported components and machinery hurt the American manufacturers they are supposed to help.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The 2025 American tariffs did not reduce the trade deficit they were imposed to reduce. — tap to centre the map on it
The 2025 American tariffs did not reduce the trade deficit they were imposed to reduce.
Last stated 6 months ago
24 Feb 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe is not in economic decline; by the measures that matter most it is keeping up with the United States. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe is not in economic decline; by the measures that matter most it is keeping up with the United States.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe's housing shortages are worse than America's, and Europeans do not discuss zoning as their cause at all. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe's housing shortages are worse than America's, and Europeans do not discuss zoning as their cause at all.
Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Samuel Hughes — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did. — tap to centre the map on it
Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Nov 2023
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John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
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American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Last stated 3 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds AV Austin Vernon
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Same subject: America, Japan
Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country.
Last stated 5 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds BP Brian Potter
Same subject: Japan
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds LT Lip-Bu Tan
Same subject: Japan
Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades.
Last stated 11 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds BP Brian Potter
Same subject: Japan
It is the party's censorship, not any lack of talent, that has made China a cultural underperformer beside Japan and South Korea.
Last stated 23 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds DW Dan Wang
Same subject: Japan
Japan's decades of stagnation were caused by its shrinking working-age population rather than by its monetary policy.
Last stated 1 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AE Alice Evans
Same subject: Japan
Japan's loss of innovation is mostly a finance story: companies can no longer get the cheap plentiful bank loans they had in the 70s and 80s.
Last stated 29 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: Japan
Japanese colonial rule built a far deeper state in Korea than European rule ever built in sub-Saharan Africa.
Last stated 21 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds OK Oliver Kim
Same subject: Japan
Judging by output kept near potential despite weak private demand, Japan's decades of high debt and low inflation reflect a qualified policy success, not failure.
Last stated 1 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Olivier Blanchard
Same subject: America
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: America
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Last stated 22 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
Same subject: tariffs
Tariff revenue is real but far too small to make a dent in the American deficit.
Last stated 24 Feb 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: tariffs
Tariffs on imported components and machinery hurt the American manufacturers they are supposed to help.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds MH Molson HartAV Austin Vernon
Same subject: tariffs
The 2025 American tariffs did not reduce the trade deficit they were imposed to reduce.
Last stated 24 Feb 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: Europe
Europe is not in economic decline; by the measures that matter most it is keeping up with the United States.
Last stated 10 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: Europe
Europe's housing shortages are worse than America's, and Europeans do not discuss zoning as their cause at all.
Last stated 16 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds SH Samuel Hughes
Same subject: Europe
Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did.
Last stated 17 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds JM John Mearsheimer