산업정책 예찬론자들이 사후에 성공한 케이스 하나 들고 나타나서 이런 저런 실증분석 도구들로 치장한 논문 제시하는거 새롭지 않은데, Nathan Lane라는 아저씨의 경우 최근 지정학적 분위기에 편승하려는 저의가 좀 노골적이라 더욱 자세히 들여다보게 됨. “경제발전 관련해 연구가 필요한 새 경로.“ 앞으로 어떤 연구로 연결시킬지 빤함.

Watched the Matrix (1999) in the middle of Colorado with fellow snowboarders who did a bit of “mind-altering” beforehand together, without knowing anything about the film’s central premise. It was awesome.

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서울에 온 김에 사무용 노트북을 사려 하는데, 어디서 뭘 사야할지 약간 막막. 한국서 마지막으로 노트북을 구매한게 20년도 더 됨...

Nice to see No Other Choice getting Golden Globe nominations but I don’t think it can beat One Battle After Another or Sentimental Value.

Finally the Wire might be coming to Netflix. t.co/vrGSrhejsj

South Korea seems to be moving toward its own FARA. It could potentially trigger some fireworks. Let's see if LJM is for it. www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

There were indeed moments of tentalizing possibilities in the course of this war, e.g. Kharkiv, Prigozhin. But the most realistic and responsible prognosis should've been that preventing it in the first place is vastly preferable to whichever end-game we have to consider now.

This story of Summers seeking dating advice from Epstein for his possible romantic moves on Keyu Jin is just deeply pathetic.

Well. Some Korea hands have been kicked into doing the basics on nuke sub deal. youtu.be/FUIOLxPFWbQ?...

Hopefully, we can actually end Larry Summer’s prominence with this new Epstein revelation. Humanity really needs to move on.

Much of Mamdani's economic agenda is just not workable, and I think he is smart enough to ditch most of it while focusing on more salient political issues expedient to him. If not, his mayoralty will be an abysmal failure.

Quite clear that Trump's IEEPA tariffs face the genuine risk of being struck down by the SCOTUS in early 2026.

He is actually number one spice now. youtu.be/DZ1OblYm5YY?...

South Korea seems to have negotiated a pretty good deal with Trump, in my view. Excellent defense on many fronts.

If I am reading the DC consensus correctly, there is a very high chance that IEEPA is invalidated by the Supreme Court around Feb 2026. Absolutely no reason for South Korea to cave easily before that.

“People drawn to economics and business tend to score higher on the Dark Triad traits, whereas those drawn to psychology tend to score lower.” 🤣 You better believe it.

* No FX swap, but direct investments in the US to be done in phases * Tariffs to be lowered to 15% before the end of 2025 * Uranium enrichment and reprocessing of nuclear fuel Maybe an okay deal since LJM can sell the heck out of the third concession. n.news.naver.com/mnews/articl...

How about a Netflix TV series titled “The Opposition?” South Korean democracy movement from 1970s to now. Release timing 2024. The commercial case writes itself. But Netflix will be too cowardly to actually do it…

Scarlett Johansson의 Jurassic World 영화에 1억 8천만 달러를 투입했다는 이야기를 듣고 또 망작 나왔구나 생각했는데 박스오피스만 8억 6천만 달러라고 한다. 내가 수요를 몰랐던 것이었음.

Vibes after watching One Battle After Another. youtu.be/8v8-RSyuUeE?...

Smiling at the thought of the usual Japanophile gaijin crowd worrying about the LDP right wing’s implosion under Takaichi. Starting with an unusually loud Bloomberg columnist.

We are thankfully spared from an old guy’s boring, self-aggrandizing musings about his jogging routine, etc, yet again. www.wsj.com/world/nobel-...

Takaichi signaling renegotiation of the US Japan deal under Ishiba: It simply underscores how ludicrous the whole thing is. It’s late Roman empire stuff in the 21st century. South Korea is absolutely justified to drag its feet on the matter with tough asks.

This is, in many ways, a desperate move to discourage even more overt and disastrous ethnic cleansing, but it is still too late. The map is now that of Swiss cheese after decades of illegal settlements. 2 state solution is effectively impossible at this point.. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

인도의 모디가 트럼프의 전화를 세차례나 거부한게 사실상 전후 최초의 사례라는 지적이 있었는데, 그간 인도 쪽에서 "너희가 생일 축하를 위해 전화를 한다면 받아줄 의향이 있다"고 시그널을 보낸다는 소문이 있었음. www.yonhapnewstv.co.kr/news/MYH2025...

Lutnick and co are asking for a cash transfer of USD 350 billion that will be grounds for Lee Jae Myung's impeachment and a potential currency crisis. These people are not serious. Fuck them.

In addition to shelling out gobs of money at lawyers who can help them with the bribery case related to Yoon’s wife, the Moonies are also summoning their leaders around the world to the HQ in Gapyeong. www.koreaherald.com/article/1057...

Grossman - Stiglitz Paradox of vaccine politics. 🤦‍♂️

I can't ask more from Lee Jaemyung, given the circumstances. Obviously, this will go on for next 3.5 years.

There is such an obvious answer to this quandary: Just call all of these people John Bolton's best friends.

Hal Varian옹 Google에서 은퇴. 나이 78세. 여전히 대단한 양반…

Calendar matters for South Korean politics: * 2027/6/6: Term for Yoon-appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice, Jo Hee-de, ends as he hits the age limit of 70. Normally SC chief justices get 6 year terms, but Yoon's choice of relatively old Jo means that the term will be cut short at 3.5 years.

D. H. Lawrence on Herman Melville's Moby Dick: "All this practicality in the service of a mad, mad chase"

MAGA는 미국판 Peronism. 임기제한이 있다는게 유일한 희망(?).

코로나의 실험실 유출설에 대해: 가능한 이야기이지만 실험실이 없었다고 치자. 그래도 다양한 이유로 우한이 판데믹의 시작이었을 가능성이 높을 것. 교통으로 잘 연결된 대도시 밀집지역. 각종 야생 동물 유통 등.

오늘 기재부 세제개편안에 대해: 타이밍, 내용 등을 보면 대통령실과 제대로 조율이 된 것인지 상당히 우려스러운 부분이 많음. 이전 부동산 대출규제의 새로운 버전이라 할 수도. 세수를 늘리라는 KPI를 받고 정부의 정치 자본을 갉아먹는 고약한 방식으로 다양한 디테일을 채워 발표한 후 정부가 결국 받아도 거부해도 욕을 먹는 상황을 만들 수 있음.

The best way to build an anti-China alliance is to piss the hell out of India, apparently. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/t...

CBDC를 금지하는 한편 단기국채 등 안전자산 중심의 준비금 관리를 강제해 민간 발행 스테이블코인의 명목통화와 1:1 페그의 신뢰성을 높이는 대신 그 외 활동에 대해서는 가급적 방임을 지향하는 전략. 이코노미스트지는 일단 이런 전략에 우호적 입장. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

내가 성격이 괴팍하다는 사실을 상기시켜주는 것: 국외에 수십년을 살았음에도 한국에서 엄마들이 자녀와 대화할때 3인칭으로 영어 이름부르고 같이 영어하려는 모습이 심히 거슬림. 내안의 잠재된 계급 의식에서 기원한다는 것이 개인적 결론.

한국에 왔는데, 이 기록적 폭염 중에 감기로 오한을 겪는 아이러니에 처함 🤣🤦‍♂️

Now we have a better view of why Taiwan’s DPP briefly made that incredibly shitty social media post supporting Yoon’s self coup before taking it down. n.news.naver.com/article/028/...

As if we don't have enough to worry about... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

DiD로 거시현상 설명하는 이런 시도는 인간적으로 좀 그만했으면 싶음. 언론이야 뭘 구분할 능력이 안되니 그냥 받아적는 것이겠지만, 결론적으로 트럼프 같은 바보의 주장을 사회적 담론으로 승격시키는 외에 어떤 효과가 있는가. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

All these DC blob types expressing outrage over Mr. Small Hand's 50% tariff on Brazil for Bolsonaro non-sense should remember that their deceased Japanese hero effectively did the same, i.e. asking the executive of a sovereign country to interfere with court rulings or face trade restrictions.

왜 김종인을 대미 특사로 활용한다는 이야기가 뜨는 것인지 좀 이해가…

졸작이라고 생각하지만 일단 손익분기점은 넘길 것으로 보임. 다음에 펀딩 받을 때 “평타는 하지 않았냐”라고 넘어갈 수 있을 듯. www.imdb.com/title/tt3025...

Joseph Kosinski is basically born for this kind of film production. Guaranteed to turn profits for WB etc. www.imdb.com/title/tt1631...

Bill Pullman 아들이 주연인 Spaceballs 후속작! 제발 개봉까지 성사시킬 기원 ㅎㅎ

최근 Blumhouse 영화의 실적이 예전만 못하다는 소리가 들리는데 유행이 끝난 것인지 영화산업 전체의 문제를 보여주는 것인지 모르겠음...