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In episode 7, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss student debt, inter- millennial rivalry, conservatism, international relations, and more.
In episode 7, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss student debt, millennial politics, conservatism, international relations, and more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/turpentine
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TOPICS COVERED:
(01:00) Episode Preview
(02:45) Evolution of Noah’s opinion on student debt
(06:40) Income-based repayment
(09:50) For-profit academic institutions
(14:09) Tax-income fund research
(16:02) Sponsor: NetSuite
(19:00)Were Millennials really generation-screwed?
(20:27) Millennial’s stance on politics
(25:07) Millennial’s becoming Conservative?
(27:02) How Conservatism evolved up to today
(34:50) Trump’s Foreign Policy: Russia & Ukraine
(39:13) The Right on Taiwan vs China
(40:50) Would China Pearl Harbor us?
(44:18) Consequences of wealth inheritance
(48:00) What will Gen Z’s Politics look like?
(49:30) Ketamine is lame
(50:05) Liberal depression
(54:07) Theory of biological imbalance
LINKS:
Will There be a Millennial Chill https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/will-there-be-a-millennial-big-chill
X / TWITTER:
@noahpinion (Noah)
@eriktorenberg (Erik)
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