"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg29 Touko 2024

Elite Overproduction and the Future of the Right

Today Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss the recent angry posts on X from David Austin Walsh, a history postdoc at Yale, and what this controversy says about the social and economic trends of the elite in the US. They also cover the the rise of right-wing muckrakers, discuss what the conservative movement needs now, and who they consider the smartest thinkers today are - on the left and the right.

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LINKS

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-case-of-the-angry-history-postdoc

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:52) Twitter Blow-Up: David Austin Walsh controversy

(04:10) Elite Overproduction and academia

(08:09) Racial Disparities in academia

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(15:23) Elite overproduction’s implications for politics and academia

(20:46) Right-Wing muckrakers and progressive institutions

(30:37) Misconceptions about Barack Obama

(31:08) The Rise of Mike Solana

(33:00) Evolution of progressive and conservative labels

(38:33) Smartest leftist

(40:48) American Roots of Wokeness

(54:20) Future of Conservatism

(59:59) Wrap

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