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Deep interviews with lifelong China watchers--Liu He spends over twenty hours each with each subject, painting a fascinating window into modern China through the foreigners who have invested most into understanding its evolution. One of the best new China newsletters of 2024 can't wait to see what he does with it.
following china there's so much that's a downer but Faster, Please!? comes at similar topics to what I cover with such energy and positivity! It's informative and infectious.
a living legend! What I would give to know as much and think as synthetically as brad does...
Zvi is a 1 of 1. His coverage of Covid-19 helped me think more clearly about the nature of knowledge and expertise. I've also enjoyed his new explorations into regulatory politics (ie this post about the dredge act of 1906 https://thezvi.substack.com/p/repeal-the-foreign-dredge-act-of)
Adam Tooze is a modern marvel. His range and insightfulness across that range is inspiring and near incomprehensible. I've learned more from him about how to think about global trends, second order effects, and interactions across politics, economics, and society than any other modern thinker.
Noah is one of the best in the game. He's really unparallelled in his ability to deep dive into econ and econ-adjacent questions. We explore similar themes around industry policy and technological progress. About once a month he puts out a really strong piece on China and, having previously lived in the country, is particularly good on Japan.