excellent paper. worth reading for anyone interested in competing AI models.

New paper out at AJPS: "The limits of AI for authoritarian control." The more repression there is, the less information exists in AI's training data, and the worse the AI performs.

Is China's college entrance system better or worse than ours? Listen to my interview with Ruixue Jia of UCSD and Stanford's Hongbin Li and let me know what you think! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-highest-...

How do China's tech firms balance between the demands of the state and the expectations of their users? Danie Stockmann and @Ting Luo explain in my latest interview on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/governing-di...

New podcast out! @ningleng.bsky.social on how local governments in China pressure private firms to serve the interests of the party-state. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @mccourtschool.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/politicizing...

Interested in "irrational" economic behavior? Check out my interview with @aleximas.bsky.social on his new behavioral economics book "The Winner's Curse" posted on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. My co-host on this episode is my colleague @robizon.bsky.social. newbooksnetwork.com/the-winners-...

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process. There's still time to sign! And please share. #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

More than 700 people (including me) have signed on to this petition against visa restrictions on Chinese students. It’s worth a read to understand why this Trump-Rubio move is yet another own goal and bad for American interests… medium.com/@lawasia/pet...

Big line at the new Nintendo store on Union Square!

How does Xi Jinping think about the Chinese economy and where will he take it? Check out my interview with Nick Borst on his new book "The Bird and the Cage." newbooksnetwork.com/the-bird-and...

Thank you, University of San Francisco, for the wonderful opportunity to share insights from my economics book, Hate the Game. We had an amazing turnout of people who came with engaging questions 😀

Sign up this weekend to meet @hatethegamebook.com in San Francisco next week!

Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game

The Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Join us on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the University of San Francisco. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you are in Los Angeles or the Bay Area next week come see my talk about Hate the Game at USC or USF (RSVP links in replies)

Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game

Apply to Cohort IX of the Public Intellectual Program with the National Committee on US-China Relations! Seems like a really pertinent time to get together new voices of public intellectuals on US-China dialogue. DM me with any questions about the program: www.ncuscr.org

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

A little cat with big plans.

Are progressives allowed to be in favor of trade? Check out my new podcast interview with @kclausing.bsky.social, in which she discusses the progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital. And also what's happening now, which is mostly in the opposite direction.

Sonoma State is closing its Economics Department and laying off tenured faculty amid wide-ranging cuts. #EconSky

Thursday at Stanford, come join USF Economics and Stanford's Causal Science Center for the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar, featuring Uber's Chief Economist, Jonathan Hall. How does economic theory meet practice at a path-breaking market-making platform business? www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-t...

Thursday at Stanford, come join USF Economics and Stanford's Causal Science Center for the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar, featuring Uber's Chief Economist, Jonathan Hall. How does economic theory meet practice at a path-breaking market-making platform business? www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-t...

Latest podcast, From Click to Boom, with @lizhiliu.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/from-click-t...

Why are Chinese people treated as citizens of a specific locality rather than citizens of the whole country, and how is that changing? @svortherms.bsky.social explains in her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book on the hukou system, Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship. Interview here.

New podcast: How Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox ended up "wearing a green hat" when he tried to take their business model to China. newbooksnetwork.com/the-china-bu...

What happened to the the world economy and what's next? Former World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg teaches me about inequality and the backlash against globalization in my latest podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

What happened to the the world economy and what's next? Former World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg teaches me about inequality and the backlash against globalization in my latest podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Explains the Nobel Committee that gave Dylan a prize he didn’t even want:

New podcast: How Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox ended up "wearing a green hat" when he tried to take their business model to China. newbooksnetwork.com/the-china-bu...

Does sponsored search advertising augment organic search? Come to the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar this Thursday evening at the University of San Francisco. Featuring Sarah Moshary of @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social.

2025 ECON5k starts December 1! Details are here sites.google.com/view/econ5k, including how to get a t-shirt and how to upload your results. Please also feel free to post your results on BlueSky with the hashtag #ECON5k!

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Why are Chinese people treated as citizens of a specific locality rather than citizens of the whole country, and how is that changing? @svortherms.bsky.social explains in her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book on the hukou system, Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship. Interview here.

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It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Peter on the New Books Network podcast. Thank you so much, Peter!

Latest podcast, From Click to Boom, with @lizhiliu.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/from-click-t...

Interesting chat between @lizhiliu.bsky.social and @lorentzen.bsky.social on New Books Network about Lizhi's new book, From Click to Boom. I found it really useful for framing some of the things i want to cover in the book I'm writing. Will be reading more. Info: newbooksnetwork.com/from-click-t...