Student Debt, Wealth Inheritance, and Millennial Conservatism
"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg
From Economic Analysis to Life Advice
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In episode 7, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss student debt, millennial politics, conservatism, international relations, and more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/turpentine
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TOPICS COVERED:
(01:00) Episode Preview
(02:45) Evolution of Noah’s opinion on student debt
(06:40) Income-based repayment
(09:50) For-profit academic institutions
(14:09) Tax-income fund research
(16:02) Sponsor: NetSuite
(19:00)Were Millennials really generation-screwed?
(20:27) Millennial’s stance on politics
(25:07) Millennial’s becoming Conservative?
(27:02) How Conservatism evolved up to today
(34:50) Trump’s Foreign Policy: Russia & Ukraine
(39:13) The Right on Taiwan vs China
(40:50) Would China Pearl Harbor us?
(44:18) Consequences of wealth inheritance
(48:00) What will Gen Z’s Politics look like?
(49:30) Ketamine is lame
(50:05) Liberal depression
(54:07) Theory of biological imbalance
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LINKS:
Will There be a Millennial Chill https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/will-there-be-a-millennial-big-chill
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@noahpinion (Noah)
@eriktorenberg (Erik)
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