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Their wordsMore pragmatically, nations without cultural unity have difficulty providing public goods; politics tends to break down into an ethnic spoils system instead of being run for the benefit of the masses.
Noah SmithEconomics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletterSocial media is destroying out society. Quitting doesn't help because everyone else is still on it. It's a bad equilibrium. It needs to be solved with government regulations.↗@Noahpinion on Xx.com · 15 Sept 2026
Their wordsSocial media is destroying out society. Quitting doesn't help because everyone else is still on it. It's a bad equilibrium. It needs to be solved with government regulations.
Noah SmithEconomics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletterIn the 70s and 80s, Japanese companies could get cheap plentiful bank loans to develop new products and explore new markets. Today, they can't. Innovation is downstream of finance.↗@Noahpinion on Xx.com · 29 Aug 2026
Their wordsIn the 70s and 80s, Japanese companies could get cheap plentiful bank loans to develop new products and explore new markets. Today, they can't. Innovation is downstream of finance.
Noah SmithEconomics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletterEurope should put more tariffs on Chinese products, in order to push Chinese companies to make their products overseas -- which will give industrialization a boost in poor countries all over the world.↗@Noahpinion on Xx.com · 25 Sept 2026
Their wordsEurope should put more tariffs on Chinese products, in order to push Chinese companies to make their products overseas -- which will give industrialization a boost in poor countries all over the world.