"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

By Noah Smith, Erik Torenberg

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Economist and Substack writer Noah Smith and investor Erik Torenberg make sense of what’s happening in the news, technology, business, and beyond, through the lens of economics. Econ 102 is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co

Episode Date
How the Fed Works, Currency Crises, and TikTok ban [Listener Mailbag]
May 01, 2024
Wealth Distribution, Fixing Healthcare, and UBI
Apr 24, 2024
WW3 Analysis: China, The US, Ukraine, The Middle East
Apr 17, 2024
Fixing the US Economy: the Debt, Inequality, Biden/Trump Economic Predictions
Apr 10, 2024
Analyzing Economies Round 3: Middle East, Africa, South America, and North America
Apr 02, 2024
Analyzing Economies: England, France, Germany, Poland, Turkey, and the EU/European Immigration
Mar 27, 2024
Analyzing Economies: USA, China, Japan, Russia, India, Korea, and more
Mar 21, 2024
AI's Influence on the Economy with Nathan Labenz
Mar 13, 2024
How We Build More Housing with Brad Hargreaves
Mar 05, 2024
Building a Multi Racial Society
Feb 29, 2024
Putin, Tucker, and Russia
Feb 21, 2024
How International Development Works
Feb 14, 2024
A Deep Dive on Tariffs
Feb 07, 2024
Is the Great Stagnation Over?
Jan 31, 2024
A Deep Dive into Japan
Jan 24, 2024
Should We Prepare For a Recession?
Jan 17, 2024
Claudine Gay's Resignation from Harvard & Problems Plaguing Academia & Research
Jan 10, 2024
Trump/Biden, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and US/China w/ Dan Romero
Jan 03, 2024
Making Sense of Argentina: Inflation, Milei, Macro with Sebastian Bensusan
Dec 27, 2023
The Truth About Inflation
Dec 20, 2023
America's View on Immigration
Dec 13, 2023
Which energy source is best w/ Age of Miracles
Dec 06, 2023
The Trillion Dollar Non-Profit Sector, The Politicization of Science, & AI Tutors
Nov 28, 2023
Sam Altman, the Microsoft Bull Case, OpenAI and AI Live Players - The Riff with Byrne Hobart
Nov 21, 2023
Singapore, Xi Jingping Cleans Up SF, & Progressive Dystopias
Nov 15, 2023
China, Russia, the Middle East, and Geopolitical Predictions
Nov 08, 2023
What's Really Happening With the Economy?
Nov 01, 2023
Techno-Optimism, Nuclear Energy, and How To Enable More Innovation
Oct 24, 2023
Why Pax Americana is Dying and What Happens if China Attacks Taiwan
Oct 18, 2023
This is not normal, even for war | Israel, Hamas, Palestine, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
Oct 09, 2023
Where Bernie Sanders Went Wrong, PMC Socialists, and Student Loan Relief
Oct 03, 2023
Why the Next Age of Globalization Will Be Awesome, a Cheaper US Dollar, and Reducing the Deficit
Sep 26, 2023
Why Vivek is the Wrong Candidate, the new China-Russia Axis, and Ranking Presidents’ Foreign Policy
Sep 19, 2023
DM Debates, AI, and Tech Downturns with Adam Nash, CEO of Daffy
Sep 12, 2023
Fiscal Dominance, the War in Ukraine's Actual Cost, and Fact Checking Rich Men North of Richmond
Sep 05, 2023
Why China is Primed for Economic Carnage Worse than the US Financial Crisis of 2008
Aug 29, 2023
Student Debt, Wealth Inheritance, and Millennial Conservatism
Aug 22, 2023
The Economist's Mike Bird Debates Noah on Industrial Policy
Aug 15, 2023
Higher Ed, Being a Dorm Room Socrates, and the American Workforce
Aug 08, 2023
California Land Use, The Best American City, San Francisco Politics, and more with Dan Romero
Aug 01, 2023
China’s Housing Bubble, Healthcare Crisis, and Taiwan Relations
Jul 25, 2023
Why Libertarianism Fragmented, How the Right Became Statist, and Culture Wars
Jul 18, 2023
Foreign Policy, Industrial Policy, and Reflections on Biden thus far
Jul 11, 2023