95 Episodes

  1. How We Build More Housing with Brad Hargreaves

    Published: 3/5/2024
  2. Building a Multi Racial Society

    Published: 2/29/2024
  3. Putin, Tucker, and Russia

    Published: 2/21/2024
  4. How International Development Works

    Published: 2/14/2024
  5. A Deep Dive on Tariffs

    Published: 2/7/2024
  6. Is the Great Stagnation Over?

    Published: 1/31/2024
  7. A Deep Dive into Japan

    Published: 1/24/2024
  8. Should We Prepare For a Recession?

    Published: 1/17/2024
  9. Claudine Gay's Resignation from Harvard & Problems Plaguing Academia & Research

    Published: 1/10/2024
  10. Trump/Biden, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and US/China w/ Dan Romero

    Published: 1/3/2024
  11. Making Sense of Argentina: Inflation, Milei, Macro with Sebastian Bensusan

    Published: 12/27/2023
  12. The Truth About Inflation

    Published: 12/20/2023
  13. America's View on Immigration

    Published: 12/13/2023
  14. Which energy source is best w/ Age of Miracles

    Published: 12/6/2023
  15. The Trillion Dollar Non-Profit Sector, The Politicization of Science, & AI Tutors

    Published: 11/28/2023
  16. Sam Altman, the Microsoft Bull Case, OpenAI and AI Live Players - The Riff with Byrne Hobart

    Published: 11/21/2023
  17. Singapore, Xi Jingping Cleans Up SF, & Progressive Dystopias

    Published: 11/15/2023
  18. China, Russia, the Middle East, and Geopolitical Predictions

    Published: 11/8/2023
  19. What's Really Happening With the Economy?

    Published: 11/1/2023
  20. Techno-Optimism, Nuclear Energy, and How To Enable More Innovation

    Published: 10/24/2023

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Economist and "Noahpinion" writer Noah Smith and investor Erik Torenberg make sense of what’s happening in the news, technology, business, and beyond, through the lens of economics. Econ 102 is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co