Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this episode, we discuss trade, war and China with Brendan Cooley. Brendan is a Senior Data Scientist at Big League Advance. He recently finished his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton. In this wide-ranging discussion, we cover the different schools of international relations theory, building ideal trade policy, and just how likely a great power shooting war is in the 21st century. You can check out more of Brendan’s work at brendancooley.com/.
Show notes:
William Williams, Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade:
Thomas Schelling, Strategy of Conflict
A few good China shock papers:
sites.google.com/site/lorenzocaliendo/research/cdp?authuser=0
waugheconomics.com/uploads/2/2/5/6/22563786/waugh_consumption.pdf
nber.org/papers/w21906
In this episode, we discuss trade, war and China with Brendan Cooley. Brendan is a Senior Data Scientist at Big League Advance. He recently finished his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton. In this wide-ranging discussion, we cover the different schools of international relations theory, building ideal trade policy, and just how likely a great power shooting war is in the 21st century. You can check out more of Brendan’s work at brendancooley.com/.
Show notes:
William Williams, Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade:
Thomas Schelling, Strategy of Conflict
A few good China shock papers:
sites.google.com/site/lorenzocaliendo/research/cdp?authuser=0
waugheconomics.com/uploads/2/2/5/6/22563786/waugh_consumption.pdf
nber.org/papers/w21906
