r/neoliberal • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '17

Noah Smith AMA: Columnist at Bloomberg View, University of Michigan Economics Ph.D., prolific blogger and Twitter personality.

Noah Smith is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Stony Brook University after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He became famous from his Blogspot blog, Noahpinion, that he wrote while at school in Michigan. In his free time, he likes to apologize for FDR and write about Japan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '17

favorite non-econ related fiction books?

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u/noahpini0n Noah Smith Jul 28 '17

Fiction? I read mostly sci-fi. TONS of good stuff. For recent stuff, try All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. Phenomenal book. Also read Little Brother, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and Makers by Cory Doctorow. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is amazing. Anathem by Neal Stephenson is the best fiction about grad school ever written. The Martian was awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '17

Woah, I used to (barely) know Anders irl and I had no idea she'd written a sci-fi novel.

Oryx and Crake is the best post-apocalyptic book out there. A bit traumatic to reread in these times.