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← Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow.
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tariffs Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow. Money cannot buy back a manufacturing capability a country has lost, because what is missing is the knowhow. Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
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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 technology to itself for long, because the knowledge leaves with the people who hold it. Last stated 7 years ago
1 Jan 2020
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Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America cannot win manufacturing back by repatriating what left; it wins only by inventing the next wave of manufacturing and building that here. — tap to centre the map on it America cannot win manufacturing back by repatriating what left; it wins only by inventing the next wave of manufacturing and building that here. Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
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Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America cannot simply copy China's manufacturing methods, because which technology is correct depends on the local price of labour. — tap to centre the map on it America cannot simply copy China's manufacturing methods, because which technology is correct depends on the local price of labour. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A two-state solution is no longer possible; that boat has sailed. — tap to centre the map on it A two-state solution is no longer possible; that boat has sailed. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Nov 2023
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John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how. — tap to centre the map on it Technological capability has to be practised to be kept: a country that stops making something forgets how. Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
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Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chip export controls to China keep failing not because the case is weak but because there is too much money riding on the sale. — tap to centre the map on it Chip export controls to China keep failing not because the case is weak but because there is too much money riding on the sale. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have. Last stated 10 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — 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 own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — 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 would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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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 reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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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 energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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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 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. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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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 power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
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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 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. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time. Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Aug 2026
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Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Digital finance has become a weapon of war, as shown by the financial deplatforming of groups like Canadian truckers and Russians. — tap to centre the map on it Digital finance has become a weapon of war, as shown by the financial deplatforming of groups like Canadian truckers and Russians. Last stated 2 months ago
12 Jul 2026
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Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are