Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss America's future in the 2024 presidential race, the Chevron ruling, and education system polarization. They talk about wokeness, integrating conservatives in civil service, and potential outcomes. Delve into political strategies, unintended consequences of legal doctrines, Project 2025 impact, neo-reactionary support for Biden, and challenges in government employment and education. Explore the future of cash benefits and anti-poverty programs.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg tackle Trump/Biden leadership, Chomsky's foreign policy critique, dating economics, and theories on love. They also discuss political exhaustion, public opinion shifts, and the genetic basis of the Coolidge Effect.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss the Federal Reserve's interest rate strategy, challenges in macroeconomic prediction, evolution of industrial policy, and impact of synthetic biology on global security. They also explore AI in manufacturing, Warren Buffett's cash holdings, and policy contests in political and economic circles.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss Europe's politics, impact of immigration, Social Security challenges, bank stability, optimal taxes, China's aggression towards Taiwan, and the importance of standing up against China's rise in power.

Kyla Scanlon, creator and author, discusses the vibecession, housing crisis, leader fatigue, and the impact of Trump's economic policies. The conversation also covers political polarization, hyperinflation risks, potential war with China, and the age of austerity.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg chat with David Austin Walsh, a history postdoc at Yale, about elite overproduction, the rise of right-wing muckrakers, and the smartest thinkers on the left and right. They dive into racial disparities in academia, implications for politics, and the need for a new term on the political right.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss US inflation, global trade dynamics, de-dollarization impacts, defense strategies, recent wars, and the future of India and Japan in an engaging and informative podcast episode.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss the case for Biden's presidency, analyzing economic policy shifts, spending concerns, and industrial policy. They also explore the historical and current dynamics between the U.S. and China, focusing on tariffs, trade, oil production, technology, and protectionism's role in national security and economic growth.

Economics expert Noah Smith discusses Biden's tax plan, algorithmic pricing, and media diets. Topics include government deficits, capital gains tax, startup impacts, leftist activism, and Jeff Bezos's 'fuck you money'.

Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss the Fed's impact on economy, Japan's economic policies, housing price disparities, gentrification, balanced budget amendments, geopolitical dynamics between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and TikTok ban