"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg25 Kesä 2024

Trump/Biden, Chomsky/Foreign Policy, & Romantic Relationships

In today’s episode, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg answer listener questions on intriguing topics from politics to personal relationships. They analyze Donald Trump, discuss Chomsky's influence on foreign policy, explore the economics of dating markets, and discuss Noah's theory 'why sex leads to love'.

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LINKS:

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:20) Assessing Trump's Presidency (03:20) Trump's Presidency: The good and the bad

(12:32) Biden vs. Trump: Second term predictions

(16:18) Sponsor: Babbel and Beehiiv

(18:53) Tech's shift towards Trump

(25:20) Chomsky's influence on foreign policy

(30:49) Sponsor: Warp

(31:48) Anti-American sentiment: A global perspective