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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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      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?
    
    
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      9 May 2025    
    
      What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like?
      
    
  
  
          
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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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      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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      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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      Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment
    
    
      Noah Smith 
    
    
      16 November 2024    
    
      Most commentators didn’t realise the impact prices were having on voters’ perceptions of the presidential candidates
      
    
  
  
          
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      Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment
    
    
      Noah Smith 
    
    
      16 November 2024    
    
      Most commentators didn’t realise the impact prices were having on voters’ perceptions of the presidential candidates
    
  
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