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Not just at the level of political preference formation, but also at the discursive level. This primarily, not some major structural reason, is why the left has ceded so many talking points to the wrong people, along with the fear of giving ammunition to the barbarians. E.g.

The fall of Imperial Japan was terrifying and fantastic.

Your reminder that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and President Donald Trump’s family are in effect short the U.S. dollar system

New Zealand offers one of the best case studies on housing policy. Auckland made it easier to build housing. Wellington didn't. Results speak for themselves:

Well certainly the best…not ‘by far’..

In the 3 weeks since the tariffs took effect, ocean container bookings from China to the United States are down over 60% industry wide. 🧵

thinking about douthat as the point of contact between “the intellectual right” and nyt readers is a lot like that fake hoxha quote about the albanians and the chinese making up 1/8 of the world’s population

Ok who did this? Art.

“concept of 'magic,' the idea that empires rule through an illusion of superiority,whether it's the myth of the shining city upon a hill,the sanctity of American institutions, or the perceived invincibility of the dollar & treasury bonds. Once this magic fades, the empire falls”

We did it Patrick, we reduced a meaningless debt stock measure and we’re an economic success story now !

So much grist to my mill.

🤣 this is the stupidest form of Anglo-Saxon self-congratulation. The Soviet-German war was decisive in almost a mathematical sense: the side that prevailed in that struggle would’ve prevailed in the World War, regardless of what happened in any side show.

Astonishing. Immersion lithography comeback.

Jennifer “The US economy is currently near perfect” Harris?

The most frustrating market loop ever. They get tough on tariffs, market sinks, then the rhetoric eases, markets rally, and then they get tough again. Meanwhile the damage to the economy continues to grow.

THIS IS WORSE THAN A TRADE WAR That’s according to David Woo. On the new Odd Lots, Tracy Alloway and I talk to the former BoA strategist and creator of David Woo Unbound about what he sees as an unfolding disaster started by the Trump administration. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odd…