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Balaji and Dan Wang: The Engineering State vs Lawyerly State

2026-02-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 3m ·by Andreessen Horowitz
Balaji and Dan Wang: The Engineering State vs Lawyerly State
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Balaji Srinivasan speaks with Dan Wang, author of Breakneck, about China’s industrial rise, America’s competing strengths in software and finance, and what happens when an engineering state and a lawyerly state collide. The conversation covers manufacturing dominance, the future of the dollar, why b