Lots of great books here, including Adelle Waldman’s Help Wanted. By the way, if you happen to be in the Boston area on October 16, I’ll be in conversation with Waldman about neoliberalism in the novel, place-based economic distress, job losses, and so on. More info soon!

Super valuable roundup of recent literature on industrial poicy by Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼⬇️

At this Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Kennedy School event, I shared my concerns about replicating Korea's success: 1. Advanced economies are increasingly reluctant to share their technology. 2. Domestic firms may lack innovation drive, especially in import substitution-focused countries.

Such a great early-career role for folks interested in state capacity and governance ⬇️

Devesh Kapur & Milan Vaishnav: "Just as there is a bipartisan consensus behind industrial policy among politicians, there is also a bipartisan consensus among voters that the United States should do more to encourage high-skilled immigration" foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

.Edward Luce: Harris’s metamorphosis from indifferent vice-president to the source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught almost everyone unawares... To paraphrase the adage, “cometh the hour, cometh the woman”. ft.com/content/a54388…

1/ Strangers to Ourselves (Rachel Aviv) 2/ Union (Colin Woodard) 3/ Eat the Buddha (Barbara Demick) 4/ Dreamers (Snigdha Poonam) 5/ Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh (Shrayana B)

The transition away from fossil fuels is happening, but can we do it justly? We spoke with Professor J. Mijin Cha about the human side of economic change: hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

I think this show is obviously making a profound point about bad housing markets. Only in NYC would residents keep living in a building that has witnessed 5 murders in as many years.

phenomenal system. the best. gotta keep it forever.

Industrial policy for micro, small & medium-sized enterprises Last month, Dani Rodrik Harvard Kennedy School & Rohan Sandhu Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School outlined why the tools of industrial policy must be oriented to smaller firms to promote economic growth & inclusion: voxdev.org/topic/firms/in…

Proclaiming all these things as A) equal and B) as merely responses to declining global inequality, is a good hot take. It’s reductionist and vague, but sounds profound. It doesn’t matter that it’s wrong.

Conservatives on my feed are very upset about what they see as unbalanced fact-checking by ABC. I wonder if this leads Trump, in an attempt to save face, to demand another debate to save face. I don’t think that will work out for him. This game is not being decided by the

You know how I know Twitter/X is no longer a thing? I’m watching the #Emmys and have several thoughts, but this no longer seems like the right platform to post. Anyway, #TheBear is great, but #Hacks is the best comedy series of the year (followed by #OnlyMurdersintheBuilding).

John Oliver and John Stewart are great, but good god, just give Seth Meyers his Emmy! He’s even sacrificing his liver to keep talk shows interesting! #Emmys

Making comedy funny again! #Emmys

If Trump is responsible for his attempt to steal the election then the Democrats are responsible for observing that it happened? Huh?

If you're in the Cambridge area, we're hosting an event next week with Zeke Hernandez (The Wharton School) about his 20 years of research on immigration, the myths surrounding it, and the overlooked impact of immigrants on investment & job creation. Register here: hks.harvard.edu/events/truth-a…

Men, man! 🤦🏽‍♂️

Ring any bells regarding the nation's "place-based" industrial strategy? New research suggests the gains from agglomeration economies involving new plants are larger and further-flung than assumed. @JoeParilla EDA Science Is Strategic Todd N. Tucker Rohan Sandhu Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼