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Noah Smith

ARTICLES BY NOAH SMITH

If the government helps people plan their next move if and when they're no longer needed in their current job, workers will be able to roll with the economy’s punches more easily (Photo: iStock)

Where will you go when a robot takes your job?

4 min read . 21 Jun 2021

President Joe Biden’s huge fiscal outlays have worried macroeconomists (Photo: AFP)

What economists don’t know about the American economy

4 min read . 08 Jun 2021

We’re past the ‘trough of disillusionment’ with clean-tech. (Photo: Bloomberg)

America’s current clean-tech investment boom is no bubble

3 min read . 21 Mar 2021

Focusing on the fortunes of the rich alone can do US society much harm (Photo: Reuters)

The wealth of billionaires isn’t America’s big inequality crisis

3 min read . 27 Dec 2020

Politicians seem to fear the power that Mark Zuckerberg wields

Breaking up Big Tech will not really solve the core problem

3 min read . 20 Dec 2020

Mergers and acquisitions, stalled by the covid-19 pandemic, is likely to accelerate in the US, as a Joe Biden presidency is expected to provide a predictable economic and regulatory environment, bankers said

US trade policy is ready for its Biden makeover

4 min read . 10 Nov 2020

One way to help businesses bounce back would be to subsidize local units

Biden will need to get creative to save the American economy

3 min read . 09 Nov 2020

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. (AP)

The next global economic threat: Old-age

4 min read . 21 Oct 2020

As unauthorized immigration to the U.S. has dried up and gone into reverse, the average education level of new immigrants has soared. Photo: Laura Pedrick

Why do immigrants from India, other countries succeed in the US

3 min read . 24 Jan 2020

The toxic air is so severe that it may be damaging the brains of an entire generation of Chinese and Indian children (Photo: Mint)

Air pollution: PM2.5 really bad for human health, reduces IQ in children

3 min read . 24 Nov 2019

File Photo: Attendees cheer as Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, not pictured, speaks during the Howdy Modi Community Summit in Houston, Texas, U.S. PresidentDonald Trump received the endorsement of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they shared a stage in Houston, walking hand in hand in a rock-star-like show to address more than 50,000 Indian Americans. (Bloomberg)

Opinion | US needs more skilled immigrants from two countries

4 min read . 07 Nov 2019

The H-1B visa program is under threat from the Donald Trump administration

Why the US needs a new expanded H-1B visa regime

4 min read . 23 Oct 2019

Donald Trump’s crackdown on Chinese students should be seen as part of a broader—and highly counterproductive—attempt to restrict high-skilled immigration to the US. Photo: Reuters

US is closing doors to world’s smartest people

4 min read . 06 Jun 2018

A third of the world’s billionaires are in the US and 38% of them have inherited their fortune. Photo: AFP

Resentment of the crazy rich isn’t just envy

4 min read . 21 May 2018

Hurricane Harvey, which last year flooded much of the city of Houston and became the second-most expensive natural disaster in the US history, is probably a harbinger of more frequent storm-driven disasters. Photo: AFP

Climate change turns coastal property into junk bond

4 min read . 07 May 2018

Finding ways to beat the market has become a parlour game in the world of financial economics. Photo: iStockphoto

The myth that markets get prices right

4 min read . 29 Apr 2018

Speculation can move prices around for irrational reasons, and rational traders often either can’t or won’t bother to correct them. Photo: iStockphoto

Irrational humans and rational markets

4 min read . 04 Apr 2018

(From left) Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o and Florence Kasumba in a still from ‘Black Panther’. Photo: AP

Wakanda’s prosperity isn’t so far-fetched for Africa

4 min read . 21 Feb 2018

File photo. Even if your enemy has rich oil fields, seizing and exploiting them generally isn’t worth the cost of the war itself. Photo: AFP

Zero-sum thinking makes our fights worse

4 min read . 13 Feb 2018

There are essentially three reasons Bitcoin isn’t working out as a currency—two technological, and one economic. Photo: AFP

Bitcoin is the new gold for the cryptocurrency age

4 min read . 01 Feb 2018