Former Bloomberg columnist Noah Smith blogs about economics at Substack. You can subscribe to his newsletter here.
Other Voices
China’s people are stuck on a treadmill
Noah Smith
17 November 2025
They’re working hard for someone else’s benefit
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Why do we still have so many radiologists?
Noah Smith
17 October 2025
AI model-makers predicted a sharp dropoff in jobs. So far, reality is refusing to oblige
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Is China the future?
Noah Smith
9 May 2025
What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like?
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Donald Trump’s lose–lose tariffs
Noah Smith
16 April 2025
History shows tariffs are bad for rich economies — and Donald Trump’s decisions so far are actually reducing manufacturing investment
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Trump starts to break things
Noah Smith
3 February 2025
The US president’s tariff decisions will damage not just America’s allies but also its own economy
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