Victor Menaldo teaches political economy and is interested in technological change. He just wrote a book, U.S. Innovation Inequality and Trumpism, on how places like Yakima, WA, which are less plugged into the global knowledge economy, are more receptive to Trumpian populism than places like Seattle, which is populated by highly educated workers who specialize in research and development, software, design, and the digital economy. He’s currently working on a book on how, beginning with Jimmy Carter, a series of regulatory changes around IP, telecommunications, and antitrust paved the way for the AI Revolution. He likes writing Op-eds for the Seattle Times on these and other topics.