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← Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments on record from 22 Mar 2024 to 7 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about politics.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under management management Everything filed under robotics robotics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics. Americans are not, as a routine matter,cut off from the financial system fortheir politics. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Dec 2024 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice. — tap to centre the map on it As politics grows more viperous,leaders of nuclear-armed nationssurround themselves with sycophants,so you can no longer count on apresident being given good advice. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2024 AJ Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The core difference between America and China runs in opposite directions: there capital controls politics, here politics must rein in capital. — tap to centre the map on it The core difference between Americaand China runs in oppositedirections: there capital controlspolitics, here politics must rein incapital. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin. — tap to centre the map on it The hard-headed realists who wroteAmerica's 2001 energy policyexpected renewables to stay trivial,and were wrong by an enormousmargin. Last stated 10 months ago 26 Oct 2025 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2025-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing. — tap to centre the map on it A whole class of product managersbuilt a career on politics ratherthan on technical or customer skill,and that skill is now worth nothing. Last stated a month ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics. — tap to centre the map on it AI that is merely excellent atresearch and hardware can transformthe world completely without everbeing good at politics. Last stated 4 weeks ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI. — tap to centre the map on it AI will eliminate many millions ofjobs within the next few years, andthat disruption will shape thepolitics of everything else aboutAI. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Feb 2025 MB Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aid to African states has been large enough to warp their politics and too small to transform their economies. — tap to centre the map on it Aid to African states has been largeenough to warp their politics andtoo small to transform theireconomies. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Feb 2025 OK Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon'ssouth pole are the only lunar realestate that matters, and whoevergets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannotrule hundreds of millions bywarfare; the Mongol Empire lastedbecause it offered its subjectsthings they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 JW Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. Last stated a year ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it Reducing trade deficits and revivingmanufacturing would not end theresentment fueling right-wingauthoritarian movements. Last stated yesterday 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. — tap to centre the map on it Tariffs on Chinese clean energyreduce the total number ofclean-energy jobs, because most ofthose jobs are in deployment ratherthan manufacturing. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — 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 a month ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — 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 12 months ago 10 Sept 2025 UL Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry cancarry the most important thing abouta population: Yamnaya is only a fewpercent of DNA in India and yet itbrought the language. Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics. Last stated 9 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Patrick McKenzie Read this korrent →