Michael Strain

Michael Strain challenges the widespread US view that their normalisation of trade relations caused large US manufacturing job losses

Michael Strain challenges the widespread US view that their normalisation of trade relations caused large US manufacturing job losses

Michael Strain implores recent graduates and younger workers to be physically present at their job

Michael Strain implores recent graduates and younger workers to be physically present at their job

Miao Yanliang thinks the answer to what China is doing with its gigantic trade surplus says a lot about its economy's trajectory, particularly its progress on financial deepening

Miao Yanliang thinks the answer to what China is doing with its gigantic trade surplus says a lot about its economy's trajectory, particularly its progress on financial deepening

Michael Strain applauds Pope Leo XIV for emphasising that generative models lack a 'moral conscience'

Michael Strain applauds Pope Leo XIV for emphasising that generative models lack a 'moral conscience'

Michael Strain argues that proposals for punitive taxes on the ultra-wealthy threaten to do far more harm than good

Michael Strain argues that proposals for punitive taxes on the ultra-wealthy threaten to do far more harm than good

Michael Strain argues that the benefits of substantial gains from AI adoption would outweigh the costs in most advanced economies

Michael Strain argues that the benefits of substantial gains from AI adoption would outweigh the costs in most advanced economies

Michael Strain thinks the struggle for subsistence and the struggle to flourish occurs simultaneously

Michael Strain thinks the struggle for subsistence and the struggle to flourish occurs simultaneously

Michael Strain argues that US interest rate cuts this year will have to be reversed in 2026 as inflation re-accelerates

Michael Strain argues that US interest rate cuts this year will have to be reversed in 2026 as inflation re-accelerates

Michael Strain argues that a free-enterprise system is not merely a tool, as J.D. Vance has argued, but an end in itself

Michael Strain argues that a free-enterprise system is not merely a tool, as J.D. Vance has argued, but an end in itself

Michael Strain argues that the US Fed declaring victory over inflation, while tempting, would be to misread current economic conditions

Michael Strain argues that the US Fed declaring victory over inflation, while tempting, would be to misread current economic conditions

Michael Strain warns that the US economy could still crash, given negative consumer sentiment and a hot labour market

Michael Strain warns that the US economy could still crash, given negative consumer sentiment and a hot labour market

Michael Strain argues that wildly successful people create trillion of dollars of value for society

Michael Strain argues that wildly successful people create trillion of dollars of value for society

Michael Strain explains why advances in artificial intelligence will not eliminate the need for human workers any time soon

Michael Strain explains why advances in artificial intelligence will not eliminate the need for human workers any time soon

Michael Strain pushes back against the emerging consensus that an economic 'soft landing' is likely in the US

Michael Strain pushes back against the emerging consensus that an economic 'soft landing' is likely in the US

Michael Strain predicts that artificial intelligence, like previous technological advances, will improve human welfare

Michael Strain predicts that artificial intelligence, like previous technological advances, will improve human welfare