Keep pulling the thread on Noah Smith.
The deindustrialization of the United States was primarily caused by China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, which occurred under the George W. Bush administration.
Ukraine has massively scaled its domestic military drone manufacturing to replace traditional artillery and missiles.
The "real bailout" of the 2008 financial crisis was the Federal Reserve's action of buying mortgage-backed bonds from banks, which ultimately profited the U.S. taxpayer.
U.S. national debt rose from 60% of GDP to 100% of GDP during the Obama administration as a response to the Great Recession.
The high inflation during the Biden administration caused the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio to decrease, despite significant government borrowing and spending.
The solution to the U.S. national debt will likely consist of three parts: an extended period of higher inflation, tax increases, and spending cuts.
The "new right's" online meme wars are driving real-world negative consequences, most importantly through tariffs that will harm the U.S. economy.
Noah Smith believes that Donald Trump's tariffs are destroying the U.S. auto industry.
The Dodd-Frank Act's regulations on derivatives were effective and have made a 2008-style financial crisis less likely to occur in the future.
U.S. healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP began to level off around the time the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was implemented.
The Obama administration failed to recognize China as a military threat.
The Obama administration did not adequately stand up to Russia during its takeover of Crimea and the Donbas region.