In episode 7, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg discuss student debt, millennial politics, conservatism, international relations, and more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/turpentine Econ 102 is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. To learn more: www.turpentine.co RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Run the Numbers is a weekly podcast about financial metrics and business models, designed for ambitious people operating tech startups. It's a collection of things host CJ Gustafson (CFO at Partstech and writer of Mostly Metrics) has learned and thought about in the trenches as a tech CFO. Subscribe to listen on the platform of your choice: https://link.chtbl.com/runthenumbers TOPICS COVERED: (01:00) Episode Preview (02:45) Evolution of Noah’s opinion on student debt (06:40) Income-based repayment (09:50) For-profit academic institutions (14:09) Tax-income fund research (16:02) Sponsor: NetSuite (19:00)Were Millennials really generation-screwed? (20:27) Millennial’s stance on politics (25:07) Millennial’s becoming Conservative? (27:02) How Conservatism evolved up to today (34:50) Trump’s Foreign Policy: Russia & Ukraine (39:13) The Right on Taiwan vs China (40:50) Would China Pearl Harbor us? (44:18) Consequences of wealth inheritance (48:00) What will Gen Z’s Politics look like? (49:30) Ketamine is lame (50:05) Liberal depression (54:07) Theory of biological imbalance LINKS: Will There be a Millennial Chill https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/will-there-be-a-millennial-big-chill X / TWITTER: @noahpinion (Noah) @eriktorenberg (Erik) SPONSOR: NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform head to NetSuite ✅ http://netsuite.com/turpentine and download your own customized KPI checklist.