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Noah has become a political pundit who tends to straw man the opponents to his preferred political ideology of centrist us democrat. That’s not to say he isn’t
by playday 3y ago
Noah has become a political pundit who tends to straw man the opponents to his preferred political ideology of centrist us democrat. That’s not to say he isn’t worth reading, it’s good to know what kinds of arguments that group is making because they are extremely powerful. But it’s important to keep in mind when reading articles like this where he’s hitting an extremely reputable magazine that isn’t politically aligned to him. It’s worth reading the article he’s attacking, as while it isn’t perfect it goes into much better detail on the facts than he makes it out to be- especially in something like re exporting where by the nature of the business it tends to be disguised from the public and the personal contacts a paper like the Economist has may be close to the truth.
- consilient 3y ago> Noah has become a political pundit who tends to straw man the opponents to his preferred political ideology of centrist us democrat ... But it’s important to keep in mind when reading articles like this where he’s hitting an extremely reputable magazine that isn’t politically aligned to him. Huh? The Economist is as liberal-centrist as it gets. Whatever the rift forming here is (and I agree there is one), it's happening within the neoliberal bloc.
- playday 3y agoEconomist is undisguisedly neoliberal, which also means it’s anti protectionist. The us centrist democrats haven’t been neoliberal since Obama. They’ve become nationalist and in favor of industrial policy.