@besttrousers Avatar @besttrousers Matt Darling 🌐🏗️

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Social category influence finance 23.84% countries 6.62% celebrities 3.31% cryptocurrencies 2.65% social networks 1.99% technology brands 1.99% musicians 0.66% financial services 0.66% stocks 0.66% fashion brands 0.66%

Social topic influence in the 7.95%, this is 7.28%, inflation 4.64%, debt 3.97%, if you 3.97%, ai 3.31%, pay 3.31%, food 2.65%, finance 2.65%, money 2.65%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @apompliano @alanmcole @3firsts @haroldpollack @ernietedeschi @isaiahbb @joewrote @jmhorp @carney @yhdistyminen @arandomguy137 @sayssimonson @antifahr3 @jayphoward @thinbluesublime @kazanjy @itaisher @dlaurence401 @threadbaremodel @fuckedupyogis

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"Would be very good if The Economist was somewhat familiar with Milton Friedman's [----] paper on recessions which demonstrated (IMO convincingly) that recessions are not important for clearing out dead wood and are just Bad. The Economist: We need a recession every once in a while to kill off the zombie firms and allow capital and labor to reallocate to more productive uses. Let the market perform its magic Also The Economist: When the recession hits and eliminates a boatload of jobs government https://t.co/hprg5OtGPS The Economist: We need a recession every once in a while to kill off the"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:09Z 60.2K followers, 91.8K engagements

"This is such a funny argument. Priam didn't have a castle - castles don't come into play for another [----] years - but it's cool to imagine he had one. Third here is another good breakdown of Wilson's translations by @SpencerKlavan: "But Wilsons version saps the marrow and vigor from the words." "Wilsons Iliad is so deflated that its hard to tell what Homers characters are fighting for." https://t.co/Ldf2LqUjTf Third here is another good breakdown of Wilson's translations by @SpencerKlavan: "But Wilsons version saps the marrow and vigor from the words." "Wilsons Iliad is so deflated that its"
X Link 2026-01-09T13:08Z 60.3K followers, 79.9K engagements

"Moreover he single-handedly engineered a hitherto unheard of soft landing. We spent a lot of [----] debating whether he did this. Everyone basically moved on. But from the standpoint of 2025; the landing was definitely soft. Powell is a historically successful Fed Chairman. Despite his mistakes on inflation he showed us that monetary policy can help spur rapid recoveries even with double-digit unemployment. Moreover he single-handedly engineered a hitherto unheard of soft landing. 1/2 https://t.co/94XS4fomvk Powell is a historically successful Fed Chairman. Despite his mistakes on inflation he"
X Link 2026-01-12T19:27Z 60.3K followers, 93.2K engagements

"The "Feeding Our Future" scandal is bad - $250 million dollars - but also Brett Favre was part of a $94 million welfare fraud a few years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_welfare_funds_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_welfare_funds_scandal"
X Link 2026-01-29T23:26Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"I don't think that it is at all plausible that year over year inflation was 2.7% in December and is now 0.9%. Inflation is now under 1%. I continue to pound the table that deflation is the bigger risk than inflation. The Fed has screwed this up and should be cutting aggressively right now https://t.co/u2KpvDXlRD Inflation is now under 1%. I continue to pound the table that deflation is the bigger risk than inflation. The Fed has screwed this up and should be cutting aggressively right now https://t.co/u2KpvDXlRD"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:34Z 60.2K followers, 58.5K engagements

"If your metric is saying the [--] month inflation average dropped by 0.38% in a day you are just saying that your measure is inaccurate. https://x.com/truflation/status/2017906187757592800 US CPI inflation dropped significantly today from 1.24% to 0.86% in our independent price data the lowest since [----]. Truflation US CPI today: 0.86% Y/Y The biggest downward drivers were: [--]. Utilities down -0.13% [--]. Clothing -0.08% [--]. Housing -0.05% [--]. Transport -0.05% [--]. Food https://t.co/HFef56JGyl https://x.com/truflation/status/2017906187757592800 US CPI inflation dropped significantly today from 1.24% to"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:52Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@wil_da_beast630 Calling the CPS "self reporting" is silly"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:32Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@Oilfield_Rando @David_J_Bier I'm pretty sure the answer to your question is in the graph he posted above"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:37Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Lots of umbrage about this chart using consumption data instead of income data. But when you are talking about the poor in a global perspective you very much want to use consumption data. Lots of the global poor are subsistence farmers. They don't have an "income" by def. Narrative violation: The world is becoming less unequal. https://t.co/1t2FbxX2fd Narrative violation: The world is becoming less unequal. https://t.co/1t2FbxX2fd"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:55Z 60.3K followers, 37.1K engagements

"This is not true. (The report being referenced is about defined contribution plans not savings). https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf The median amount a U.S. worker has in savings is $955. https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf The median amount a U.S. worker has in savings is $955"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:29Z 60.3K followers, 24.5K engagements

"@Kazanjy @thebenzifrenzi @Larry0584939597 The graph does not show this"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:38Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements

"@itaisher (I know he spent a lecture on this in his micro course two decades ago.)"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:44Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@JerusalemDemsas What would such an audit look like"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:37Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@joewrote Which of these messages do you think maps to Abundance"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:55Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@HannahDCox What mass layoffs"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:20Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"I'm all for expanded UI caps but there have not been especially high layoffs the last few months and we shouldn't pretend that there were. (The average month has [---] million layoffs. Announcements of a few thousand from any given company shouldn't shift your expectations). I have very fortunately never had to go on unemployment. But given the mass layoffs last month I looked into what people are actually paid. In Georgia the CAP is $365 per week - and thats before taxes. That doesnt even cover most peoples rents. So Trump is wrecking the I have very fortunately never had to go on"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:23Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@jeffreytucker This blemish true or not lasts a lifetime breeding anger all around. What's the best evidence for this"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:49Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Incredibly goofy to call CPS data "self reported". The Cato study is completely bogus. It is based on self-reported survey data says immigrants generate fiscal surplus by increasing property taxes paid by American citizens and explicitly excludes all taxpayer costs related to their children. The Cato study is completely bogus. It is based on self-reported survey data says immigrants generate fiscal surplus by increasing property taxes paid by American citizens and explicitly excludes all taxpayer costs related to their children"
X Link 2026-02-08T12:32Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@jmhorp Looks like the latter. Conditional student debt is $24.5k per SCF"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:44Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@JeremiahDJohns .does he think "Arnold Ventures" is venture capitalists"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:12Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"The other thing I think is interesting here is that for the vast majority of people optimal "personal finance" is just "follow a bunch of simple heuristics like save 5% of income. A big problem for uptake is that it doesn't feel personalized. Personal finance stuff is an amazing sweet spot for AI right now because: -There's broad expert consensus on how to be basically responsible with money the AI can defer to -It's otherwise monotonous repetitive and sometimes unpleasant to think about on your own -You can set it Personal finance stuff is an amazing sweet spot for AI right now because:"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:15Z 60.3K followers, 13.4K engagements

"Here's a notecard with personal finance advice that basically does 90% of the job for 90% of people. (by @haroldpollack)"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:18Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@haroldpollack An AI use case is just "make this generic advise SEEM very personalized""
X Link 2026-02-08T19:19Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@haroldpollack (Personal finance has it's own "bitter lesson" - most optimization is trumped by "save more money" and "save more money" is trumped by "earn more money")"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:21Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@carney (Also I think his claim is best "theater/choreography" which seems plausible)"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:17Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@carney "and carry $100000 in student debt for a degree that was supposed to be the ticket to the middle class" This is 3x average debt at graduation (and of course many people don't go to college/don't take on debt)"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:21Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@yhdistyminen Eh there's some research on this that got some play - ie evidence that obesity reduces all-cause mortality. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1555137 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1555137"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:38Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@yhdistyminen (that said this was mostly nutritional epi inside baseball)"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:46Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@DLaurence401 Conditional average excluding people with no debt"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:35Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@ThreadbareModel @yhdistyminen I would expect no difference as there is substantial selection on the dependent variable"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:22Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@ahardtospell Is it my birthday Did you and @alixgouldwerth coordinate this in the "Alex/Alix group chat""
X Link 2026-02-10T17:25Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@TheStalwart This is a disgusting use of Havelock. Marriage ceremonies are sacred. It demands a human orality detector"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:28Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@zackbeauchamp I DEMAND that American History be taught using the standard Ken Burns narrative"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:18Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@swinshi "This is different from every previous wave of automation and I need you to understand why. AI isn't replacing one specific skill. It's a general substitute for cognitive work.""
X Link 2026-02-11T00:25Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@JPFreire @JStein_WaPo These numbers are inaccurate (if he was born in [----] he would not have been able to interview John Brown)"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:10Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@FuckedUpYogis @PetarJovovic3 @maiamindel stares into the middle distance"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:53Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@ModeledBehavior One thing that they could do is stop mandating that blue collar industries such as construction pay higher UI taxes"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:46Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@AlanMCole @BarneyFlames Wait - do you think there's a plausible counterfactual where we don't see this sort of increase in CNAs/HHAs Like to me this mostly reads as "the baby boom happened [--] years ago""
X Link 2026-02-12T16:06Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@AlanMCole @BarneyFlames (I think that the causality wrt fraud is mostly going in the other direction. There's fraud because it's a huge growth area. Similar to housing bubble.)"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:08Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"But you should not exclude healthcare. If you exclude Healthcare jobs the U.S. Labor Market has declined for [--] months. Everything is not fine. https://t.co/BRNrf5fII7 If you exclude Healthcare jobs the U.S. Labor Market has declined for [--] months. Everything is not fine. https://t.co/BRNrf5fII7"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:20Z 60.3K followers, 10.4K engagements

"Was jus chatting with @EconBerger about this:"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:21Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@carney If government payrolls go down and are not absorbed by the private sector that's bad"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:44Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I think that we are substantially richer today than the 1880s when 1% of homes had indoor plumbing. Trump correctly pointed out that our nation was its richest in the 1880s and 1890s but he is incorrect to attribute that wealth to tariffs. The reason we were so rich back then is that government was so tiny that we could afford to pay for it with tariffs. Back then total Trump correctly pointed out that our nation was its richest in the 1880s and 1890s but he is incorrect to attribute that wealth to tariffs. The reason we were so rich back then is that government was so tiny that we could"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:52Z 60.3K followers, 12.3K engagements

"@APompliano Which experts specifically For example here is @ernietedeschi"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:01Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@APompliano @ernietedeschi I find it fairly unlikely that any experts (or anyone familiar with basic macro) would not have suggested that the FOMC would take action to negate any inflationary effects (ie by making us poorer relative to the counterfactual)"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:04Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@isaiah_bb I guess I can't think of anyone who would make the opposite claim"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:40Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@3firsts @isaiah_bb True - but I would say that "the economy" is perhaps the gestalt which is least vulnerable to that critique"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:47Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Hey folks I have a new big paper up at @niskanencenter. It's about the weird way that the USA finances our unemployment insurance system and how it is RUINING THE LABOR MARKET"
X Link 2024-04-23T16:09Z 60.3K followers, 524.2K engagements

"Gotta say better Jobs Day content in BlueSky today:"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:51Z 60.3K followers, 87K engagements

".is economics having a legitimacy crisis Weird time for economists to launch aggressive attacks on a widely beloved person like Jon Stewart while the economics profession is having a legitimacy crisis. (I am a communications professional but if you have a response or thought I won't credibility shame you). Weird time for economists to launch aggressive attacks on a widely beloved person like Jon Stewart while the economics profession is having a legitimacy crisis. (I am a communications professional but if you have a response or thought I won't credibility shame you)"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:42Z 60.3K followers, 23K engagements

"@ltWasRed I don't think you can since it's only polling Democrats. Need to look at a broader range including independents at least"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:55Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@mtkonczal 3.) Improperly binned the variables (91% D/GDP and 400% D/GDP are Very Different) 4.) Didn't demonstrate a causal effect (and binning allows you to do a RDD)"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:49Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@APompliano Except BLS PCE and the other standard metrics"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:16Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@APompliano What's the best evidence of their inaccuracy"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:50Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@PatelBuilder @KobeissiLetter @gamesblazer06 Not randomness [--]. The post Covid economy is weird in a lot of ways. Remember a lot of the error is stuff like "the BLS has to estimate payrolls from companies that haven't paid payroll taxes yet." 2.) Increase in absolute error is mostly population growth"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:51Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@arandomguy137 @APompliano But in general "scraping internet prices" is going to miss a BUNCH. Like if my landlord raises (or doesn't raise) the rent that doesn't show up on the Internet. You have to talk to people and collect the data"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:59Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Check out our Employment Situation discussion with economists macro analysts and wealth managers: - David Busch from Trajan Wealth LLC - @RealEJAntoni from the Heritage Foundation - @profplum99 from Simplify Asset Management - and Oliver Rust from Truflation with our data Check out our Employment Situation discussion with economists macro analysts and wealth managers: - David Busch from Trajan Wealth LLC - @RealEJAntoni from the Heritage Foundation - @profplum99 from Simplify Asset Management - and Oliver Rust from Truflation with our data"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:54Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@arandomguy137 @APompliano "isn't the truflation methodology" No one knows Its not available to the public"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:58Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@value_extract @APompliano "the fact that 40% is estimated should be the entire argument." It's not a fact. You are mistaking "40% of imputations are using neighbor cell imputation" for "40% of cells are imputed""
X Link 2026-02-16T02:21Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@jmhorp Are they dropping zeros Or just making stuff up"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:40Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@ATabarrok @rgeiger24 On a quick skim the paper doesn't support the claim above"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:06Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

""If the new abundance groups springing up begin pretending without evidence that they have amassed a mass-membership base then critics are right to pounce. But.abundance groups have been.self-aware that they are arguing about policy on the merits not mass public opinion." I think lots of people are missing what the "groups" critique is about. https://t.co/WwMD65hARC I think lots of people are missing what the "groups" critique is about. https://t.co/WwMD65hARC"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:12Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@APompliano Alternatively the scraped data you are using (without a public methodology) is not representative of the broader economic trends and giving an incorrect result"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:53Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@truflation Link the paper in that case"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:19Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@mean_field_zane I didn't. The one thing I wrote about him was about how the bus evaluation math was wrong https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-free-buses-safety https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-free-buses-safety"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:01Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@RishiRamaraju @maxdubler Right but that's demand"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:24Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@letmebehank @isaiah_bb If he has been an economist for [--] years I suspect he is familiar with the Lucas Critique"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:04Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@letmebehank @isaiah_bb Like if anything the problem in economics is the opposite direction - the insurance that the macroeconomy is modeled at the individual level causes people to miss stuff"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:05Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@tszzl @sichuan_mala Much more evidence to support the claim that the problem is the poor design of disability benefits (ie the 50%+ implicit marginal tax). https://medium.com/bonothesauro/why-has-the-us-fallen-behind-the-uk-in-labor-force-participation-3775b29b625 https://medium.com/bonothesauro/why-has-the-us-fallen-behind-the-uk-in-labor-force-participation-3775b29b625"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:55Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@DumbEinstein @StatisticUrban Layoffs have been low the last few years not high"
X Link 2026-02-16T08:21Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@bengrossbg That was the entire premise of Facebook initially"
X Link 2024-06-25T19:42Z 60.3K followers, 149K engagements

"These are not "skills" that can be taught. "How to buy a house" is a contingent phenomena that changes generation to generation. Now this I can agree with. Do you https://t.co/aTsFiRUegX Now this I can agree with. Do you https://t.co/aTsFiRUegX"
X Link 2024-07-09T08:59Z 60.3K followers, 906.1K engagements

"Hot take: very few events in the last few months are sufficiently noteworthy to make it into history books. we really living in the the most difficult section of someones AP gov exam in [----] we really living in the the most difficult section of someones AP gov exam in 2053"
X Link 2024-07-22T13:47Z 60.3K followers, 7.3M engagements

"@a60483647 There will be one sentence about how he did not run again"
X Link 2024-07-22T14:16Z 60.3K followers, 409.7K engagements

"@rwlesq Did your AP history classes cover failed assassinations My did not"
X Link 2024-07-22T14:39Z 60.3K followers, 255.1K engagements

"Controlling for "all the variables" is inappropriate and results in an analysis with no valid causal interpretation. You should not control for variables that are outcomes of the variable of interest"
X Link 2024-08-18T16:41Z 60.3K followers, 485.9K engagements

"It is very typical to not list high school jobs in your post college resume. NEW: Kamala Harriss missing summer job at McDonalds job. Her resume and job application a year after graduating college @FreeBeacon obtained through FOIA dont mention it. Neither do either of her books or either of the biographies on her. @SaysSimonson @ChuckRossDC and https://t.co/so0fNA6rNG NEW: Kamala Harriss missing summer job at McDonalds job. Her resume and job application a year after graduating college @FreeBeacon obtained through FOIA dont mention it. Neither do either of her books or either of the"
X Link 2024-08-29T11:10Z 60.3K followers, 4.4M engagements

""have insurance companies cover the cost" is hilarious. Former President Trump tells NBC News that if hes re-elected his administration would not only protect access to IVF but would have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost of it. More: https://t.co/ByO77cGtx8 https://t.co/Liv2FgO2XT Former President Trump tells NBC News that if hes re-elected his administration would not only protect access to IVF but would have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost of it. More: https://t.co/ByO77cGtx8 https://t.co/Liv2FgO2XT"
X Link 2024-08-29T23:50Z 60.3K followers, 184.1K engagements

"If youre born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us then thats unpatriotic. Thats it. If youre born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us then thats unpatriotic. Thats it"
X Link 2024-09-17T00:05Z 60.3K followers, 990.3K engagements

"There are only [--] metro areas where median rent is $2000 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley CA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad CA Rent is $2000 and [--] eggs are $8 Rent is $2000 and [--] eggs are $8"
X Link 2024-10-06T23:55Z 60.3K followers, 474.1K engagements

"One of the problems with this belief is that if you ask Americans how much they are spending eating out at restaurants it is at record highs. This is why Harris is losing. She and the political press reside in the same bubble where everything is fine while the rest of America has had to cut back because of gas and groceries over the last three years. This is why Harris is losing. She and the political press reside in the same bubble where everything is fine while the rest of America has had to cut back because of gas and groceries over the last three years"
X Link 2024-10-11T11:26Z 60.3K followers, 273.9K engagements

"The results shocked everyone: Inflation dropped from 17000% to 2.4% Achieved the first surplus in [---] years. The economy started growing again. https://t.co/G5HYEUCvCI The results shocked everyone: Inflation dropped from 17000% to 2.4% Achieved the first surplus in [---] years. The economy started growing again. https://t.co/G5HYEUCvCI"
X Link 2024-11-20T13:09Z 60.3K followers, 308.7K engagements

"You have to be effectively innumerate to think the draw is the US welfare system and not the US labor market 90% of the immigration problem would resolve itself If we stopped giving them welfare 90% of the immigration problem would resolve itself If we stopped giving them welfare"
X Link 2025-01-02T00:00Z 60.3K followers, 449.1K engagements

"This doesn't work. In equilibrium American firms raise their prices to match. If you dont want to pay higher prices on tariffed goods then buy American made products. Pretty simple. If you dont want to pay higher prices on tariffed goods then buy American made products. Pretty simple"
X Link 2025-02-02T14:54Z 60.3K followers, 732K engagements

"Since about 18% of Americans are millionaires this suggests that federal civil service employees are millionaires at a lower rate"
X Link 2025-02-23T21:45Z 60.3K followers, 274.9K engagements

"Elon Musk has discovered the existence of non-laptop class workers. Many do not read their email at all Many do not read their email at all"
X Link 2025-02-23T22:09Z 60.3K followers, 299.7K engagements

"Twitter is incredible. People are out here using ten year rolling averages to interpret recent events. Doctors often claim that measles is making a comeback because of "antivaxers". So I plotted measles cases as a ten-year rolling average using CDC data. And I found that measles is actually not making a comeback. These "doctors" and "experts" are simply lying to everyone. https://t.co/YLqjHTqJyU Doctors often claim that measles is making a comeback because of "antivaxers". So I plotted measles cases as a ten-year rolling average using CDC data. And I found that measles is actually not making"
X Link 2025-02-28T07:40Z 60.3K followers, 1.3M engagements

""I don't know why everyone is so concerned about inflation. Looking at the [--] year rolling average it's pretty low""
X Link 2025-02-28T07:44Z 60.3K followers, 71.1K engagements

"WOW The US Debt Clock has now been updated to not only include DOGE but also savings per taxpayer: DOGE Savings: $175 billion Savings Per Taxpayer: $1558 Thank you @elonmusk this is historic. https://t.co/KizKiBey8K WOW The US Debt Clock has now been updated to not only include DOGE but also savings per taxpayer: DOGE Savings: $175 billion Savings Per Taxpayer: $1558 Thank you @elonmusk this is historic. https://t.co/KizKiBey8K"
X Link 2025-03-08T03:31Z 60.3K followers, 140K engagements

""All I have left is UPenn Stanford and UMD." College admissions is so competitive kids are just crashing out https://t.co/oj4Tjzqfdt College admissions is so competitive kids are just crashing out https://t.co/oj4Tjzqfdt"
X Link 2025-03-30T18:14Z 60.3K followers, 1.1M engagements

"Wow what a crazy development for Capital to happen now In The Twenty First Century"
X Link 2025-04-17T01:55Z 60.3K followers, 164.4K engagements

"A supply shock without a corresponding increase in prices NEW: Lutnick says 10% tariffs here to stay but insists consumers won't pay for it https://t.co/0DJxtmq6Tl NEW: Lutnick says 10% tariffs here to stay but insists consumers won't pay for it https://t.co/0DJxtmq6Tl"
X Link 2025-05-11T19:54Z 60.3K followers, 312.2K engagements

"Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after [--] years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents https://t.co/zv1NfR580J Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after [--] years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents https://t.co/zv1NfR580J"
X Link 2025-06-23T00:57Z 60.3K followers, 297.1K engagements

""that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along" oh nooo AI is gonna automate all the jobs and there will be no real jobs left brother there are already no real jobs left 75% of these people work fake jobs that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along oh nooo AI is gonna automate all the jobs and there will be no real jobs left brother there are already no real jobs left 75% of these people work fake jobs that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along"
X Link 2025-06-30T12:00Z 60.3K followers, 778.9K engagements

"@sporadica "but are a sort of UBI to pay people to exist" Why would a company do this"
X Link 2025-06-30T14:55Z 60.3K followers, 41K engagements

"Yes This is a big problem with federalized programs. No one is covered by "Medicaid". They have "SoonerCare" or "Denali Care" or "HuskyHealth". @besttrousers The problem is that Medicaid mostly isnt called Medicaid so the disadvantaged people using it have no clue what the fuss is about . https://t.co/cTDVFo88CC @besttrousers The problem is that Medicaid mostly isnt called Medicaid so the disadvantaged people using it have no clue what the fuss is about . https://t.co/cTDVFo88CC"
X Link 2025-07-01T16:11Z 60.3K followers, 257.5K engagements

"This isn't a "myth" - it is based on what actually happens when states have imposed work requirements. When states have imposed work requirements in the past most of the people who lose their health insurance were working. Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act https://t.co/kZgDHwCAJL Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act https://t.co/kZgDHwCAJL"
X Link 2025-07-21T13:22Z 60.3K followers, 257.9K engagements

"This is not what Econ [---] says. @sdwinkler Dude- Econ [---] says you cut interest rates when inflation goes down. Paul has said the uncertainty under tariffs in regards to inflation was keeping him from doing so He has zero excuse now. @sdwinkler Dude- Econ [---] says you cut interest rates when inflation goes down. Paul has said the uncertainty under tariffs in regards to inflation was keeping him from doing so He has zero excuse now"
X Link 2025-07-30T22:16Z 60.3K followers, 176.3K engagements

"It's weird "In Germany if you lose your job the government replaces 60% of income" is presented as something that break Americans' brains. In America if you lose your job the government replaces 47% of income. In Germany if you lose your job the government pays you 60% of your salary for up to a year. https://t.co/N8eR66BwRp In Germany if you lose your job the government pays you 60% of your salary for up to a year. https://t.co/N8eR66BwRp"
X Link 2025-08-06T15:16Z 60.3K followers, 288.5K engagements

".@ZohranKMamdani has a nice bit on the difference between universal and means-tested programs here: On the subject of a rent freeze: Earlier this year Zohran Mamdani was asked whether he personally needs one. Here's his reply. https://t.co/KTtKd4wzwA https://t.co/TRvyzQyRC4 On the subject of a rent freeze: Earlier this year Zohran Mamdani was asked whether he personally needs one. Here's his reply. https://t.co/KTtKd4wzwA https://t.co/TRvyzQyRC4"
X Link 2025-08-07T19:16Z 60.3K followers, 459.1K engagements

"This is not what the heatmap shows. Heatmap: liberals love their grandmother a stranger and a snake the same way. Liberal: but I love snakes as much as I love my grandmother I have infinity love No you dont. You have a horrifying calculated emotion that youve decided to pretend is love. Real love is finite Heatmap: liberals love their grandmother a stranger and a snake the same way. Liberal: but I love snakes as much as I love my grandmother I have infinity love No you dont. You have a horrifying calculated emotion that youve decided to pretend is love. Real love is finite"
X Link 2025-08-28T18:37Z 60.3K followers, 138.4K engagements

"Alright Jerome Powell is ignoring an order from the President of the United States. https://t.co/JSP291OeB2 Jerome Powell is ignoring an order from the President of the United States. https://t.co/JSP291OeB2"
X Link 2025-09-06T20:45Z 60.3K followers, 148.1K engagements

""we tried magic and it didn't work" Elon Musk: "The Government Is Basically Unfixable" "Yeah that was a hell of a side quest." "If AI and robots dont solve our national debt were toast." https://t.co/hEhrG0kmRi https://t.co/PAEVzTviM2 Elon Musk: "The Government Is Basically Unfixable" "Yeah that was a hell of a side quest." "If AI and robots dont solve our national debt were toast." https://t.co/hEhrG0kmRi https://t.co/PAEVzTviM2"
X Link 2025-09-17T17:04Z 60.3K followers, 109.7K engagements

"it must be such a relief to believe that the Invisible Hand is the hand of God it must be such a relief to believe that the Invisible Hand is the hand of God"
X Link 2025-09-18T21:45Z 60.3K followers, 248.8K engagements

"They have better access to the ancient ancestral memory of The Rock Women. Tourists who wanted to cross the glass-bottomed bridge could not convince their dogs. https://t.co/EdELWHGxmO Tourists who wanted to cross the glass-bottomed bridge could not convince their dogs. https://t.co/EdELWHGxmO"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:09Z 60.3K followers, 1.7M engagements

"It's sort of incredible how much the "college isn't worth it" narrative has taken off while the college wage premium just keeps ticking up. UNITED STATES: The share of Americans who say college education is 'very important' has fallen from 75% in [----] down to 35% in [----] according to Gallup research. https://t.co/Z7yvdr976x UNITED STATES: The share of Americans who say college education is 'very important' has fallen from 75% in [----] down to 35% in [----] according to Gallup research. https://t.co/Z7yvdr976x"
X Link 2025-10-05T22:46Z 60.3K followers, 367.9K engagements

"Because farmers can only sell food immediately after the harvest - but need to buy food year round - they are interested in financial products that allow them to smooth consumption. WE WERE LITERALLY BORN ONTO A PLANET THAT GROWS FOOD HOW DID WE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT I GOT A CREDIT SCORE WE WERE LITERALLY BORN ONTO A PLANET THAT GROWS FOOD HOW DID WE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT I GOT A CREDIT SCORE"
X Link 2025-10-15T23:17Z 60.3K followers, 115.7K engagements

"These people do not understand fractions. If 45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps that does not imply that 45% of food stamp beneficiaries are from Afghanistan. 59% of food stamp recipients arent even American https://t.co/BlFm7Dzdor 59% of food stamp recipients arent even American https://t.co/BlFm7Dzdor"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:52Z 60.3K followers, 132.4K engagements

""In fact the government shouldnt be sending them money at all; they should be getting a box with food items for the week." The acquisition storage and mailing of these items would make SNAP substantially more expensive than it is today. You know what Ill go ahead and say it: SNAP recipients shouldnt be getting luxury items. They should be getting the bare bones items in order to feed their family. In fact the government shouldnt be sending them money at all; they should be getting a box with food items for You know what Ill go ahead and say it: SNAP recipients shouldnt be getting luxury"
X Link 2025-10-31T11:42Z 60.3K followers, 175.4K engagements

"@RealLiveAxel Weekends are business hours in the real estate industry"
X Link 2025-11-11T01:23Z 60.3K followers, 74.4K engagements

"That you can finance that and only see a 3% drop in the GDP level over the long run (using the CBO's methodology) seems to suggest to me that the tradeoff is plausibly worthwhile"
X Link 2021-04-01T14:45Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Should have written 6% - thanks @jimpagels. https://x.com/jimpagels/status/1377669151792193537 @besttrousers I totally agree with your main point about magnitudes mattering and some tradeoffs being worthwhile. However you're cherry-picking by combining the highest tax revenue (10%) with the lowest GDP decline (3%). In the study the three 10% tax rev proposals incur 6-10% GDP decline. https://t.co/ZLJ3jDVlYT https://x.com/jimpagels/status/1377669151792193537 @besttrousers I totally agree with your main point about magnitudes mattering and some tradeoffs being worthwhile. However you're"
X Link 2021-04-01T17:13Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Fun day on twitter dot com"
X Link 2022-03-10T23:05Z 60.3K followers, 49.3K engagements

"The weirdest thing about these posts is the insistence that public school should teach stuff that is by definition ephemeral. There is no "taxes" skill you can learn at [--] and apply at [--] (that isn't just "literacy"). Say it louder https://t.co/gpoBB94gLx Say it louder https://t.co/gpoBB94gLx"
X Link 2023-07-03T13:49Z 60.3K followers, 887.5K engagements

"Imma let you finish but Jerome Powell had one of the softest landings of all time One of the softest landings of all time Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) is TIME's [----] Person of the Year https://t.co/oyjR55azCZ https://t.co/m2qbIbd5TX Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) is TIME's [----] Person of the Year https://t.co/oyjR55azCZ https://t.co/m2qbIbd5TX"
X Link 2023-12-06T18:33Z 60.3K followers, 501.6K engagements

"UK economy seems like things are going well"
X Link 2023-12-14T04:20Z 60.3K followers, 386.7K engagements

"This is perhaps the worst economic reasoning I have ever seen I argue the claim "immigration is good for the economy" is so vague as to be meaningless: https://t.co/9AfBnC1kAg I argue the claim "immigration is good for the economy" is so vague as to be meaningless: https://t.co/9AfBnC1kAg"
X Link 2023-12-20T13:12Z 60.3K followers, 784.1K engagements

""63% of Americans do not have $500 in the bank to pay for an emergency healthcare bill." This is inaccurate. Median household net worth is $192k including $8k in checking accounts. Last year the richest 0.05% those who own at least $100 million in wealth made a combined profit of $8.5 trillion on their investments that will go untaxed. Meanwhile 63% of Americans do not have $500 in the bank to pay for an emergency healthcare bill. We need a wealth tax. Last year the richest 0.05% those who own at least $100 million in wealth made a combined profit of $8.5 trillion on their investments that"
X Link 2024-01-06T15:39Z 60.3K followers, 2M engagements

"The good old days when the immigrant share of the United States was only 11% instead of today's startling 13%. This is what the world looked like before mass immigration widespread racial and gendered guilt activism and before bankers had totally screwed the economy for their own gain. People were just allowed to be themselves and they did fun wholesome things for their own sake. This is what the world looked like before mass immigration widespread racial and gendered guilt activism and before bankers had totally screwed the economy for their own gain. People were just allowed to be"
X Link 2024-01-20T14:40Z 60.3K followers, 265.3K engagements

"Worth remembering that this is standard operating practice in Scandinavia (even during the winter). Yall some girl left her NEW BORN INFANT BABY in a stroller outside the dispensary my husband works at to buy weed. Children shouldnt even be on the premises. They called the cops and banned her. If you cant get a baby sitter to go buy weed then you cant buy weed. Yall some girl left her NEW BORN INFANT BABY in a stroller outside the dispensary my husband works at to buy weed. Children shouldnt even be on the premises. They called the cops and banned her. If you cant get a baby sitter to go buy"
X Link 2024-04-11T17:50Z 60.3K followers, 417.9K engagements

"@johnjhorton You just got automated"
X Link 2024-04-11T18:33Z 60.3K followers, 284.5K engagements

"i dont know a single person who had their student loans cancelled i dont know a single person who had their student loans cancelled"
X Link 2024-05-25T15:34Z 60.3K followers, 202.4K engagements

"This would imply that after the minimum wage was passed job churn was slightly lower than normal. Great work as always libs 🤡🌎 https://t.co/oIbZaZR8i9 Great work as always libs 🤡🌎 https://t.co/oIbZaZR8i9"
X Link 2024-06-09T13:55Z 60.3K followers, 436.1K engagements

"This is also my impression of what went wrong with Marvel. "Winter Soldier" was a 1970s spy drama "Ant Man" was a heist movie. Now they are all trying to be "Marvel movies". This is also why the Lucas films for all their flaws work in ways that everything since the Disney sale haven't. His films reflected a love of samurai movies & Westerns & sci-fi serials & WW2 films; post-Lucas Star Wars just loves Star Wars This is also why the Lucas films for all their flaws work in ways that everything since the Disney sale haven't. His films reflected a love of samurai movies & Westerns & sci-fi"
X Link 2024-07-08T14:59Z 60.3K followers, 4.2M engagements

"Krugman was right in [----]. The economic transformation of the internet was substantially lower than people in [----] anticipated. New Krugman just dropped https://t.co/buC8pxpcyZ New Krugman just dropped https://t.co/buC8pxpcyZ"
X Link 2024-07-09T20:44Z 60.3K followers, 690.1K engagements

"These numbers suggest that the turnover rate for Harris's staff over the last [--] years is roughly equivalent to the average turnover rate nationwide (3.8% per month). AXIOS: "Much of Harris' staff has turned over in the past [--] years. Of the [--] Harris staffers listed in [----] only [--] still worked for her as of this spring. the high turnover is partly because of how the vice president treats her staff." https://t.co/eLDkUCg64M AXIOS: "Much of Harris' staff has turned over in the past [--] years. Of the [--] Harris staffers listed in [----] only [--] still worked for her as of this spring. the high turnover"
X Link 2024-07-23T13:37Z 60.3K followers, 320.6K engagements

"Most Americans do not live paycheck-to-paycheck: - The median American household has a net worth of $193k - The median American household holds $8k in transaction accounts (checking/savings) - 54% of adults claim to have cash savings that could pay for [--] months of expenses Bernie says calling Republicans weird is not my cup of tea. [--] percent of people are living paycheck to paycheck. We have to focus on issues facing where people are. Is Donald Trump weird Is his behavior weird Yeah. We've known that for the last many years. Bernie says calling Republicans weird is not my cup of tea. 60"
X Link 2024-07-31T17:01Z 60.3K followers, 730.2K engagements

"@peterjhasson @FreeBeacon @SaysSimonson @ChuckRossDC How does this piece have three authors and none of them appear to be familiar with the process of "applying for a job""
X Link 2024-08-29T11:22Z 60.3K followers, 178.3K engagements

"@SaysSimonson You don't list freshman summer jobs either"
X Link 2024-08-29T11:33Z 60.3K followers, 129.1K engagements

""Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%." #Kamalanomics continues to FAIL the American people: ❌Over [---] million Americans are unemployed. ❌Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%. ❌Since Biden and Harris took office inflation has risen by 20.3%. #Kamalanomics continues to FAIL the American people: ❌Over [---] million Americans are unemployed. ❌Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%. ❌Since Biden and Harris took office inflation has risen by 20.3%"
X Link 2024-10-04T22:24Z 60.3K followers, 297.2K engagements

""Doge Dividend Checks aren't like stimulus checks" Jesse Waters speaks truth on our DOGE Dividend Proposal for President Trump: "DOGE Dividend checks aren't stimulus checks like where we printed money and mailed them out. These are savings. Costs us nothing. It's a dividend payment that Americans deserve. We'll take the https://t.co/1H1jzZqeP9 Jesse Waters speaks truth on our DOGE Dividend Proposal for President Trump: "DOGE Dividend checks aren't stimulus checks like where we printed money and mailed them out. These are savings. Costs us nothing. It's a dividend payment that Americans"
X Link 2025-02-19T12:22Z 60.3K followers, 156K engagements

"Sort of feels like he keeps turning over rocks not finding substantial fraud and concluding that the fraud must be under the next rock. They are covering immense fraud They are covering immense fraud"
X Link 2025-02-23T15:18Z 60.3K followers, 160.3K engagements

"I think people have lost track of the dispute. The reason I object to the "60% of Americans are paycheck to paycheck" factoid isn't because of linguistic prescriptivism. It's because the factoid comes from a payday lender arguing that we should deregulate payday lending. Paycheck to paycheck debate is boring. Abundance liberal guys insist on the literal meaning of no savingsAmerikkkan exurbanites use it to mean I contribute to my 401k and have a [--] months liquid but my liquid savings arent growing everyone else in between. Yawn. Paycheck to paycheck debate is boring. Abundance liberal guys"
X Link 2025-03-19T11:44Z 60.3K followers, 218.3K engagements

"Yikes not a good look"
X Link 2025-03-19T17:17Z 60.3K followers, 393.1K engagements

"John Adams: "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." Your great grandfather worked the mines your grandfather worked a steel plant and you thought you thought you could be a "product manager" LOL Buddy https://t.co/UjgO77VLCW Your great grandfather worked the mines your grandfather worked a steel plant and you thought you thought you could be a "product manager" LOL Buddy https://t.co/UjgO77VLCW"
X Link 2025-04-04T22:25Z 60.3K followers, 113.6K engagements

"It's not a stock market correction The tariffs are going to affect the real economy and the stock market declines are anticipating that. Maybe its just me but why is a stock market correction existential to the economy Kinda proves Trumps point that we overly financialized the economy Maybe its just me but why is a stock market correction existential to the economy Kinda proves Trumps point that we overly financialized the economy"
X Link 2025-04-09T02:53Z 60.3K followers, 343.4K engagements

"95% of people who lost coverage when Arkansas instituted "work requirements" had jobs. You have to look at what policies do not what they are called. Rep. Andy Harris: "Look if you're able-bodied without dependents and you choose not to work well you shouldn't be on a public welfare program. That's the bottom line . you should be off the public dole. Yes you will lose your Medicaid coverage. Get a job." https://t.co/2ZgC47Kc2f Rep. Andy Harris: "Look if you're able-bodied without dependents and you choose not to work well you shouldn't be on a public welfare program. That's the bottom"
X Link 2025-07-03T12:05Z 60.3K followers, 320.9K engagements

"Median expert here: "lower end of the median" does not make sense. The median is a point not a range"
X Link 2025-07-08T14:32Z 60.3K followers, 215.1K engagements

""Americans have to spend 15% more to purchase stuff from Europe. Europeans face no such penalty when purchasing stuff from the US." Seem pretty easy tbh. The Democrats and Media trying to explain how America imposing a 15% tariff on EU imports and the EU imposing a 0% tariff on American imports is a loss for President Trump and Americans. https://t.co/fvzUAY7f3s The Democrats and Media trying to explain how America imposing a 15% tariff on EU imports and the EU imposing a 0% tariff on American imports is a loss for President Trump and Americans. https://t.co/fvzUAY7f3s"
X Link 2025-07-28T12:26Z 60.3K followers, 2.7M engagements

"The Federal Reserve 1.) Explains their reasoning 2.) Takes questions 3.) Publishes the transcript of their meetings The real scandal is not the Federal Reserve blowing $3.1 billion on an extravagant headquarters. It's that the Fed is keeping interest rates at a 20-year highand no one at the Fed can be bothered to explain why. They dont take questions. They dont answer to the public. They https://t.co/CngMxnxbv7 The real scandal is not the Federal Reserve blowing $3.1 billion on an extravagant headquarters. It's that the Fed is keeping interest rates at a 20-year highand no one at the Fed"
X Link 2025-08-06T17:51Z 60.3K followers, 145.5K engagements

"Yeah they learn "most Americans live paycheck to paycheck" and "Blackrock bought all the housing." My god. https://t.co/KuqlZ3eVb7 My god. https://t.co/KuqlZ3eVb7"
X Link 2025-08-20T22:59Z 60.3K followers, 253.9K engagements

"Would be good if people actually read the study so they knew what the graph means. https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-019-12227-0/MediaObjects/41467_2019_12227_MOESM1_ESM.pdf https://t.co/WcmRGCmCha https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-019-12227-0/MediaObjects/41467_2019_12227_MOESM1_ESM.pdf https://t.co/WcmRGCmCha"
X Link 2025-08-26T16:18Z 60.3K followers, 210.1K engagements

"The median household in the United States has $8000 in their checking account owns their home and has a net worth of $193000. A country $37 Trillion in debt where 50% of its population cannot handle a $1000 emergency - has NO BUSINESS giving away $100s of Billions to foreign countries A country $37 Trillion in debt where 50% of its population cannot handle a $1000 emergency - has NO BUSINESS giving away $100s of Billions to foreign countries"
X Link 2025-09-08T15:25Z 60.3K followers, 2M engagements

"Yeah the weekend being [--] hours is pretty abnormal. "My friend put a house up last Friday. Within [--] hours by Monday morning he had [--] offers. I dont think its normal https://t.co/W9K45R0VFf "My friend put a house up last Friday. Within [--] hours by Monday morning he had [--] offers. I dont think its normal https://t.co/W9K45R0VFf"
X Link 2025-11-10T23:20Z 60.3K followers, 1.7M engagements

"https://gwern.net/doc/sociology/1987-rossi.pdf The effect of immigration of native wages is [--]. The effect of a higher minimum wage on employment is [--]. Nothing ever happens https://t.co/UjUdhdHMqO https://gwern.net/doc/sociology/1987-rossi.pdf The effect of immigration of native wages is [--]. The effect of a higher minimum wage on employment is [--]. Nothing ever happens https://t.co/UjUdhdHMqO"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:19Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@CommieDirtbag @mquintos @Noahpinion You did not know that this existed [--] minutes ago"
X Link 2024-01-09T00:23Z 60.3K followers, 212.8K engagements

"Most Americans do not live paycheck-to-paycheck: - The median American household has a net worth of $193k - The median American household holds $8k in transaction accounts (checking/savings) - 54% of adults claim to have cash savings that could pay for [--] months of expenses Bernie Sanders admits Americans are suffering under a Biden-Harris administration: "60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck." https://t.co/TQ4bIQcLXi Bernie Sanders admits Americans are suffering under a Biden-Harris administration: "60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck." https://t.co/TQ4bIQcLXi"
X Link 2024-08-21T01:57Z 60.3K followers, 1.3M engagements

"Banana Republic hours"
X Link 2025-08-01T18:14Z 60.3K followers, 1.1M engagements

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