Eli Friedman

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

In Madrid for sabbatical, feel like I really earned this one

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Local governments really innovating in the publicly shaming debtors space

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 19:06 UTC

I see Foxconn is doing Foxconn stuff in India “Risk factors increase when you hire married women”

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

This is from Feb but really recommend it. Among other things, he presents a very sensible way to think about China's role in Pakistan vis-a-vis US and European powers

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 23:59 UTC

Deputy Secretary Campbell has underestimated just how dangerous it could be if the Chinese secure access to our most advanced critical theory

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

Horrifying news out of Korea

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

This is the "nobody cares about the Uyghurs" tech bro, makes sense "[Chamath Palihapitiya] recently hosted a fundraiser for Trump in San Francisco."

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 13:46 UTC

Threatening anyone who has voted DPP with possible execution is just an insane way to try to achieve their aims, but it is also a logical consequence of the structure of politics in 2024 PRC

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 13:46 UTC

CCP's extreme ethnonationalist dynamic causing it to do things that clearly run counter to its own stated interests

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

Video of the book launch event for China in Global Capitalism. Loved the discussion! (starts at min 20:00) @haymarketbooks.bsky.social

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

Tonight at 5pm ET!
www.haymarketbooks.org/events/635-c...

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

If there's one thing NYUs in Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, and Manhattan alike can agree on, it's that students should not express solidarity with Palestine

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 17:54 UTC

Obv don't agree with anything here, but this piqued my interest: "Beijing pays its soldiers a fraction of what the U.S. pays its troops"

Any studies out there about labor in the PLA? It's got to be one of the world's biggest employers!
www.wsj.com/articles/a-c...

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 01:51 UTC

That being said, aside from the good political message in Hind's Hall, Macklemore is in general an abomination and we should not lose sight of that

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 01:48 UTC

I think like twenty middle age Jewish rap fans (including yours truly) are the only people who remember Remedy, I promise this train wreck Macklemore diss track will not help him become relevant

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 13:23 UTC

How many hundreds of thousands or millions of people were displaced to build these apartments that now sit empty

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

Online launch for "China in Global Capitalism" June 12, sign up here

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 02:11 UTC

Statement from our chapter on Rafah

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 23, 2024 at 13:34 UTC

A general principle which should be applied in this instance

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 23, 2024 at 13:33 UTC

A position that should be easy for the anti-war left to embrace: The most powerful countries in the world should not militarily intimidate smaller countries bc they don't like the results of a democratic election

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 18, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

Photo essay reflecting on wage stagnation in China
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/05/phot...

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

What if instead of buying apartments nobody needs they spent $1 trillion on a national health care or pension system. Or just gave money to people.

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 14:59 UTC

Giving treats to Elon is bad for China's workers and bad for US-China relations

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 14, 2024 at 19:41 UTC

"We are actively working to improve our suppliers’ practices, including ensuring that hours worked are voluntary" Amazing what people will volunteer for when the basic wage is a fraction of what they need to survive

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 13, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

We've known it for a long time, Larry > Jerry

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 17:27 UTC

Cornell's president is done

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 14:18 UTC

Colonial state doing colonial stuff "Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han people’s account for 1% of the overall population of China, but comprise 33.7% of the national prison population"

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 07, 2024 at 21:01 UTC

Walk out to stop student repression and demand divestment

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 07, 2024 at 13:38 UTC

It's really something to see activists in China and the US converging in their use of secure communication methods. Everyone legitimately worried about repression

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 04, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

Xi's May Day message to workers: work hard

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 02, 2024 at 18:18 UTC

How many members of Congress will vote for a bill defining replacement theory as antisemitic

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social [ View ] May 02, 2024 at 17:42 UTC

"it’s so important to start building an alliance of states that refuse the binary choice being offered by the United States — and rein in both US and Chinese tech giants with sectoral rules." Amen

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