Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Could you explain in what way Magness is misleading and Slobodian is not? Magness provided many very detailed examples so for those of us who aren’t in this field his case seems quite compelling. 230
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Didn’t have time to go inside but the outside fully realizes a unique vision. 000
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026It looks so unreal even from across that street I kept expecting to realize it was just a giant AI-generated painting. 100
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026pretty cool new solar punk building in Shanghai 020
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Ah! I thought you were doing some kind of even more elaborate pun assuming common knowledge of the mome raths and riffing even further. 000
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026excellent paper. worth reading for anyone interested in competing AI models. 022
Reposted by Peter LorentzenEddie Yang @eddieyang.bsky.social · 19/02/2026New paper out at AJPS: "The limits of AI for authoritarian control." The more repression there is, the less information exists in AI's training data, and the worse the AI performs. 0162
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Is China's college entrance system better or worse than ours? Listen to my interview with Ruixue Jia of UCSD and Stanford's Hongbin Li and let me know what you think! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-highest-...newbooksnetwork.comRuixue Jia et al., "The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network 001
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Our campus pool and locker rooms now have prominent signs banning any cell phone use of any kind. Imagine a bar where no one is taking photos or staring at their phone. 010
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026How do China's tech firms balance between the demands of the state and the expectations of their users? Danie Stockmann and @Ting Luo explain in my latest interview on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/governing-di...newbooksnetwork.comDaniela Stockmann and Ting Luo, "Governing Digital China" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network 042
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026New podcast out! @ningleng.bsky.social on how local governments in China pressure private firms to serve the interests of the party-state. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @mccourtschool.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/politicizing...newbooksnetwork.comNing Leng, "Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China" (Cambridge, 2025) - New Books Network 154
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Interested in "irrational" economic behavior? Check out my interview with @aleximas.bsky.social on his new behavioral economics book "The Winner's Curse" posted on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. My co-host on this episode is my colleague @robizon.bsky.social. newbooksnetwork.com/the-winners-...newbooksnetwork.comRichard H. Thaler and Alex Imas, "The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now" (Simon and Schuster, 2025) - New Books Network 012
Reposted by Peter LorentzenTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process. There's still time to sign! And please share. #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comOpen letterClick here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr... 121443538
Reposted by Peter LorentzenAlex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social · 07/06/2025More than 700 people (including me) have signed on to this petition against visa restrictions on Chinese students. It’s worth a read to understand why this Trump-Rubio move is yet another own goal and bad for American interests… medium.com/@lawasia/pet...medium.comPetition Against Visa Restrictions on Chinese StudentsIntroduction 0116
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Maybe we could invent a system where someone streams music to people who like it, then donates a little bit to the performers for every stream. And if they really like an artist then folx go to concerts and donate a lot of money all at once. We could call music funded in this way “popular” music. 000
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Big line at the new Nintendo store on Union Square! 010
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025How does Xi Jinping think about the Chinese economy and where will he take it? Check out my interview with Nick Borst on his new book "The Bird and the Cage." newbooksnetwork.com/the-bird-and...newbooksnetwork.comNicholas Borst, "The Bird and the Cage: China’s Economic Contradictions" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025) - New Books Network 031
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Those other people definitely need to get better at admitting they were wrong. I would, too, if I were ever wrong. 030
Reposted by Peter LorentzenDaryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Thank you, University of San Francisco, for the wonderful opportunity to share insights from my economics book, Hate the Game. We had an amazing turnout of people who came with engaging questions 😀 0112
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Sign up this weekend to meet @hatethegamebook.com in San Francisco next week! 031
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game 161
Reposted by Peter LorentzenDaryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Join us on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the University of San Francisco. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comBay Area Tech Economics SeminarThe Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Daryl is the chief economist of Redfin, author of Hate the Game (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) and a contribut... 121
Reposted by Peter LorentzenDaryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025If you are in Los Angeles or the Bay Area next week come see my talk about Hate the Game at USC or USF (RSVP links in replies) 1124
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025If you are in the Bay Area, come join us after work a week from Thursday for her in-person talk at the University of San Francisco. Signups here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comBay Area Tech Economics SeminarThe Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Daryl is the chief economist of Redfin, author of Hate the Game (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) and a contribut... 020
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game 161
Reposted by Peter LorentzenKelly Hammond @kellyahammond.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Apply to Cohort IX of the Public Intellectual Program with the National Committee on US-China Relations! Seems like a really pertinent time to get together new voices of public intellectuals on US-China dialogue. DM me with any questions about the program: www.ncuscr.orgncuscr.orgHomeThe National Committee on U.S.-China Relations promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China. 051
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Are progressives allowed to be in favor of trade? Check out my new podcast interview with @kclausing.bsky.social, in which she discusses the progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital. And also what's happening now, which is mostly in the opposite direction. 010
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Sonoma State is closing its Economics Department and laying off tenured faculty amid wide-ranging cuts. #EconSky 010
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Thursday at Stanford, come join USF Economics and Stanford's Causal Science Center for the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar, featuring Uber's Chief Economist, Jonathan Hall. How does economic theory meet practice at a path-breaking market-making platform business? www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-t...eventbrite.comBay Area Tech Economics Seminar with Jonathan Hall, UberReflections of an Economist Who Manages People 011
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Thursday at Stanford, come join USF Economics and Stanford's Causal Science Center for the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar, featuring Uber's Chief Economist, Jonathan Hall. How does economic theory meet practice at a path-breaking market-making platform business? www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-t...eventbrite.comBay Area Tech Economics Seminar with Jonathan Hall, UberReflections of an Economist Who Manages People 011
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Sounds like a scarcity problem? People don’t give things away for free if they are expensive to get and in very high demand. 000
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Latest podcast, From Click to Boom, with @lizhiliu.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/from-click-t...newbooksnetwork.comLizhi Liu, "From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China" (Princeton UP, 2024) - New Books Network 1153
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Why are Chinese people treated as citizens of a specific locality rather than citizens of the whole country, and how is that changing? @svortherms.bsky.social explains in her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book on the hukou system, Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship. Interview here.newbooksnetwork.comSamantha A. Vortherms, "Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China" (Stanford UP, 2024) - New Books Network 044
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024New podcast: How Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox ended up "wearing a green hat" when he tried to take their business model to China. newbooksnetwork.com/the-china-bu...newbooksnetwork.comKen Wilcox, "The China Business Conundrum: Ensure That "Win-Win" Doesn't Mean Western Companies Lose Twice" (John Wiley & Sons, 2024) - New Books Network 021
Reposted by Peter LorentzenPeter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 26/12/2024What happened to the the world economy and what's next? Former World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg teaches me about inequality and the backlash against globalization in my latest podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.socialnewbooksnetwork.comPinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, "The Unequal Effects of Globalization" (MIT, 2023) - New Books Network 011
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Agree. The synopsis of the story given in the article makes it sound like straight fantasy—no more sci fi than Journey to the West. Maybe more borderline because there are no supernatural elements, but also no science or futuristic elements. 021
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024I always think about natural science analogies. If you just invented the telescope/microscope, seems like a good idea to just point it at stuff to see what you get with the new perspective. No one would complain. 020
Peter Lorentzen @lorentzen.bsky.social · 26/12/2024What happened to the the world economy and what's next? Former World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg teaches me about inequality and the backlash against globalization in my latest podcast on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.socialnewbooksnetwork.comPinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, "The Unequal Effects of Globalization" (MIT, 2023) - New Books Network 011
