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From the New World
From the New World
Noah Smith: The Weeb Economy
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Noah Smith: The Weeb Economy

Why China has Socialism with Texan Characteristics, Coining the anthropic fallacy, and Why Solar Beats Nuclear
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Brian Chau
Oct 07, 2024
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https://x.com/Noahpinion 

From the New World Dinner:

https://lu.ma/cn34w8dd

Mentioned in the episode:

 

https://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Burning-Entrepreneurs-Electronic/dp/0465091180 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/

https://www.amazon.com/How-Asia-Works-Joe-Studwell/dp/0802121322

Cogitations
The Rise and Fall of LGFVs
In this essay, the first of a two part series, we will tell the story of China’s LGFVs: that special type of state-owned enterprise (SOE) behind China’s infrastructure building bonanza. Along the way, we will look at the political and economic processes in China that facilitated their rise, and assess what we know and what we don’t know about them. It i…
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2 years ago · 105 likes · 12 comments · Jonathon P Sine

 

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29126/w29126.pdf

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