Noah and I talk about Keynes' 15 hour work week, Piketty's r>g, economic development in Africa, Javier Milei, Anime, and more.
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Timestamps
(0:00:00) Intro
(0:00:30) Noah’s intellectual influences
(0:10:20) Javier Milei
(0:11:43) Which macroeconomist would Noah give the highest grade?
(0:13:47) Defining mainstream macro in 2024
(0:18:22) Innovation in macroeconomics
(0:21:48) NGDP targeting
(0:24:35) Keynes and the 15 hour work week
(0:30:25) Is inequality a problem?
(0:34:16) Thomas Piketty and r>g
(0:39:37) Africa’s economic development
(0:44:47) What has Noah changed his mind about recently?
(0:47:59) Noah’s prolific output
(0:52:25) Noah’s goals for the blog
(0:53:41) Anime
(0:55:46) Japanese policy in the US
(0:57:56) Inheritance tax
(1:04:38) Japanese zoning policy
(1:06:12) When is technology dangerous?
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Links
- Noah’s podcast with Brad DeLong
- Noah’s post, “How are Milton Friedman's ideas holding up?”
- Noah’s post, “All futurism is Afrofuturism”
- Noah’s post, “Heterodox vs. mainstream macroeconomics”
- Noah’s post, “Techno-optimism for 2024”
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