Noah Smith

Noah Smith: U.S. science spending pays off bigly

March 20, 2017 at 4:37 p.m.

Support for science and technology is one of the key functions of a modern, rich-country government. Developed nations like the U.S. are at the technological frontier.

A man works amid orange robot arms at a factory in the southern Chinese industrial boomtown of Shenzhen.

Smith: What’s wrong with Bill Gates’ idea of taxing robots

March 1, 2017 at 11:46 a.m.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates made a splash in a recent interview, when he suggested that robots should be taxed in order to help humans keep their jobs.

Smith: Trump’s immigrant clampdown hurts the heartland

February 11, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Donald Trump was elected to the presidency on a promise to revive the economies of struggling regions. He drew strength from small cities and towns in the Midwest and the...

Smith: Globalization looks like it has shifted into reverse

October 31, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

What if today's anti-globalization warriors are fighting yesterday's war? By many measures, globalization has been in full retreat since the crisis of 2008.

A shift from agriculture to industry is one reason why China's economy is booming.

Smith: Great news on inequality and poverty

June 25, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Many people on the left seem to believe that the global economy has the same problems as the economies of the U.S and Europe.

The first two American F-35C Lightning II fighter jets prepare tp land in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, on May 23. The F-35 program is an international effort where the U.S. works with eight other partner nations, including the Netherlands, to design and develop the F-35.

Smith: Young Americans would gain from seeing the world

June 4, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

What could we spend $8 billion on that would yield greater benefits for the U.S. than the F-35 fighter plane? How about a trip overseas for every young American?

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