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Counter-intuitive viewpoints I have strongly promoted:
1. Japan has become a much more open country in recent years
2. Much of Africa is beginning its industrial revolution
3. Elizabeth Warren is the closest thing we have to a potential FDR
1. Japan has become a much more open country in recent years
2. Much of Africa is beginning its industrial revolution
3. Elizabeth Warren is the closest thing we have to a potential FDR
4. Shinzo Abe is a liberal
5. The revolution in economics will come from more empiricism rather than from better theories or better morality
6. Building more market-rate housing helps prevent gentrification
5. The revolution in economics will come from more empiricism rather than from better theories or better morality
6. Building more market-rate housing helps prevent gentrification
7. Economics is doing a pretty good job of reforming itself and is more scientific than in the past
8. Economic discontent in America is mostly about frustrated expectations
9. Multiculturalism facilitates assimilation of new and diverse racial and ethnic groups
8. Economic discontent in America is mostly about frustrated expectations
9. Multiculturalism facilitates assimilation of new and diverse racial and ethnic groups
10. Skilled immigration boosts wages for the native born, including the high-skilled native born
11. Mass migration from Mexico to the U.S. is essentially over, and mass migration from Central America to the U.S. will be over relatively soon
12. Weeb culture is cool
11. Mass migration from Mexico to the U.S. is essentially over, and mass migration from Central America to the U.S. will be over relatively soon
12. Weeb culture is cool
13. Despite the election of Trump, Americans are very pro-immigrant in general, and despite significant xenophobia, America is very pro-immigrant, and is generally less xenophobic than most countries
