Noah Smith on China, industrial policy and more

Noah Smith on China, industrial policy and more

Noah Smith is probably the number one source of articles that hit my feed where I think “damn, I wish I’d written that.” So it was great to grab a chance to sit down and chat with him for almost 90 minutes today. We started out talking about the rising importance of batteries and electric motors, the Biden administration’s efforts to keep America in the game with China on this, and how Trump is squandering it. I think we see largely eye to eye h…