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Noah Smith
Noah Smith is an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University. His blog is Noahpinion.
Economists used to be the priests of free markets—now they’re just a bunch of engineersQuartz • May 13, 2014
LEVEL FIELDNobel economist Gary Becker showed that Mike Milken was history’s greatest feministQuartz • May 7, 2014
REMOTE CONTROLDrones will cause an upheaval of society like we haven’t seen in 700 yearsQuartz • March 11, 2014
CLAIRVOYANTThis 100-year-old idea could end San Francisco’s class warQuartz • January 23, 2014
MUDDLE KINGDOMWhy China can’t take over the worldQuartz • January 2, 2014
10 surprising economic trends that rule the worldQuartz • September 30, 2013
MUTTSIt’s time to create another ethnicity: AmericanQuartz • July 6, 2013
When an economist tells you something that is based on a theory or a model, you should be very skepticalQuartz • June 4, 2013
GIFTA PhD in economics is the only one worth gettingQuartz • May 9, 2013
THE END OF LABORHow to protect workers from the rise of robotsQuartz • January 15, 2013