Substacks recommended by Robert Litan

Recommended by Robert Litan

the quest to "live wisely and agreeably and well"

DeLong's Grasping Reality: Economy in the 2000s & Before

One of the best ways to learn to make sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more. Betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same over time.

THE WEEKLY STEW

By David Wohl

Like the different flavors and ingredients of regional stews my writing will touch on a number of various topics like sports, politics, leadership, decision making and current events.

Teaching in the Age of AI

By Stephen Fitzpatrick

Field reports and frameworks from a veteran teacher on how AI is reshaping writing, research, assessment, and school policy.

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

TrillionsWeekly.Com

By Charles Steven Konigsberg

TRILLIONS NATIONAL WEEKLY keeps you up-to-date on key federal spending, tax, health, economic, legal and domestic policy developments with nonpartisan, expert commentary in a 15-mnute read or podcast on the Substack app. Find us at TrillionsWeekly.com.

The most comprehensive analysis of federal budget and policy issues I know of, by the best in the business

- Robert Litan

Professor Tim Kane

By Dr. Tim Kane ... (thoughts + charts)

Tim Kane - PhD economist and USAF veteran - writes on political economy, security, immigration, and more.

Bill Bradley’s Substack

By Senator Bill Bradley

Thoughts from the former U.S. Senator and two-time NBA champion on sports, politics, and our common humanity.

Breaking the News

By James Fallows

Dispatches from a veteran reporter

Home & Away

By Richard Haass

Weekly analysis of everything from the state of American democracy to the state of the world and U.S. foreign policy.

The very best insight there is on a whole range of issues, from one of the most thoughtful intelligent analysts in the biz.

- Robert Litan

McFaul's World

By Michael McFaul

Explaining international politics, and especially the fight between autocrats and democrats in the world today.

Jonathan Rauch

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; contributing writer, The Atlantic

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

Joshua Gans' Newsletter

A range of topics, from pandemic economics to machine learning, to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Chartbook

By Adam Tooze

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

Steven’s Newsletter

By Steven Koltai

Thoughts from a lake in Maine

Koltai has a unique perspective on life, given his life long experiences around the world, promoting entrepreneurship, American interests. Always interesting reading

- Robert Litan

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter

Ruminating on politics and power.

There's no Cryin' in Spyin'

By marc polymeropoulos

A national security blog from a former alphabet soup agency guy.

From one of the nation's leading intelligence analysts and experts

- Robert Litan

Wondering About

By Dane Stangler

On various topics, series of essays asking some basic questions.

Marc Andreessen Substack

My personal Substack. Personal views only. Actually, not even personal views. I don't even know what my personal views are anymore. It doesn't matter. Read anyway!

The Threats Within

By Kurt Eichenwald

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