E11: Fact-Checking Vivek, the new China-Russia Axis, and Ranking Presidents’ Foreign Policy

Economist Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss Noah's recent Substack post skewering the claims and proposals that make up Republican Presidential candidate Vivek's Ramaswamy's platform. Noah covers Vivek's climate science sources, economic facts on renewable energy, foreign policy stance towards China, Russia, Taiwan and more. Daffy is offering Econ 102 listeners a free $25 for the charity of their choice when they join Daffy https://www.daffy.org/econ102

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TIMESTAMPS:

(01:00) Episode Preview

(03:20) Why Noah doesn’t thin Vivek should be tech’s candidate

(07:20) Vivek’s views on climate are stuck in 2010

(13:15) Countering Vivek’s sources on climate

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(21:00) Vivek's foreign policy claims

(27:00) Viviek's Russia & Ukraine takes

(31:45) Any charitable view of Vivek's foreign policy?

(33:00) Biden vs Trump vs Obama foreign policy

(40:00) Noah's ideal foreign policy: the Anti-Empire

(44:00) Republicans need to advocate for defense spending

(46:00) Similarities between abundance movement and dismantling the administrative state

(50:00) Noah's pick for Republican candidate

(57:00) Why Vivek is not the one.

LINKS:

• Noah Smith, Our Climate Change Debates are Out of Date: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/our-climate-change-debates-are-out
• Noah Smith, Vivek Ramaswamy Is Not the One: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/hey-tech-folks-vivek-ramaswamy-is
• Eldridge Colby: https://twitter.com/ElbridgeColby
• Erik's Interview with Vivek Ramaswamy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQlFKyexi0

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