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StatecraftOther

by Santi Ruiz

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Kyla Scanlon
Economic commentator and author of In This Economy?; writes and posts about how money and markets work.
recommended

i'm recommending this because it is a great joy to know the granular details behind how things actually work

Kyla Scanlon's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Statecraft, on their Substack's recommendations page.

kyla.substack.com ↗·2024-07-10

Razib Khan
Geneticist and writer on human population genetics, history and evolution; author of the Unsupervised Learning newsletter.
recommended

This Substack is great because it gets into the nitty-gritty of policy and analysis in a way I don't see much elsewhere. For example, "How to Catch a Lab Leak."

Razib Khan's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Statecraft, on their Substack's recommendations page.

razibkhan.com ↗·2024-07-03

Packy McCormick
Writes Not Boring, a newsletter on technology, business and startup strategy; general partner at Not Boring Capital.
recommended

A fascinating look into how the sausage gets made featuring interviews with insiders from the CIA, DARPA, and more. Strong recommend.

Packy McCormick's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Statecraft, on their Substack's recommendations page.

notboring.co ↗·2024-06-28

Noah Smith
Economics writer and author of the Noahpinion newsletter; former Bloomberg Opinion columnist.
recommended

A blog about state capacity, bureaucracy, regulation, and how to get things done, by Santi Ruiz

Noah Smith's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Statecraft, on their Substack's recommendations page.

noahpinion.blog ↗·2024-05-01

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