# ![@ATabarrok Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::287309941.png) @ATabarrok Alex Tabarrok

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  12.07% [finance](/list/finance)  #667 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.9% [stocks](/list/stocks)  6.9% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  2.59% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.86% [pga golfers](/list/pga-golfers)  0.86% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  0.86%

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 10.34%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 6.03%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 5.17%, [insurance](/topic/insurance) #16, [life insurance](/topic/life-insurance) #4, [we are](/topic/we-are) 3.45%, [ban](/topic/ban) 2.59%, [claude code](/topic/claude-code) 2.59%, [ai](/topic/ai) 2.59%, [$googl](/topic/$googl) 2.59%

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)](/topic/costco) [Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Life insurance should be illegal Sorry to be a scold but wagering on people dying should not be legal https://t.co/DLQVJvlcoB Sorry to be a scold but wagering on people dying should not be legal https://t.co/DLQVJvlcoB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023052638158282964)  2026-02-15T15:11Z 93.2K followers, 423.1K engagements


"@paleoliberal @BobMurphyEcon A conspiracy theorist dies and ascends to heaven. God greets him and explains that he will answer any question: Please I must know who killed John F. Kennedy God answers Thats easy: Lee Harvey Oswald. Shocked the man murmurs This goes higher than I had thought"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020551393350697163)  2026-02-08T17:32Z 93.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Minimum wage hikes and robots - https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/minimum-wage-hikes-and-robots.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/minimum-wage-hikes-and-robots.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2022755945625821305)  2026-02-14T19:32Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@adamjohnsonCHI Be specific are you expressing a moral claim or are you worried about creating incentives for moral hazard e.g. murder. If the latter surely there are better more targeted approaches. We dont in fact ban life insurance although we put some restrictions on the practice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023058851562479972)  2026-02-15T15:36Z 93.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"A lot of people are going to be surprised that Stellantis workers are on strike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1702671943973863709)  2023-09-15T13:13Z 93.1K followers, 32.2K engagements


"I know the bots are waking up. But also I want you to know that Claude Code for Desktop downloaded data from IPUMS for me using an API analyzed it using Stata which it booted up itself and created some lovely figures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2017333406422438371)  2026-01-30T20:25Z 93.1K followers, 25K engagements


""Contrary to received literature women are more intelligent than men compete when they should in risky settings and are more literate." https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/738345 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/738345"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2017968635998835061)  2026-02-01T14:29Z 93.1K followers, 114.5K engagements


""If you want to overwhelm the Americans you must do one thing: surpass them in science and technology." Wang Huning Excellent post First Contact with America: Three Stories by @ceba7o https://novum.substack.com/p/first-contact-with-america https://novum.substack.com/p/first-contact-with-america"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2017990212660417023)  2026-02-01T15:55Z 93.1K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Yes this has been obvious for some time although the pushback/cope is high. Does AI already have human-level general intelligence (AGI) Our answer in @Nature today: Yes AGI has arrived. The evidence is clear. https://t.co/mPZXopnNAG https://t.co/VwQvNvgIa3 Does AI already have human-level general intelligence (AGI) Our answer in @Nature today: Yes AGI has arrived. The evidence is clear. https://t.co/mPZXopnNAG https://t.co/VwQvNvgIa3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019132828802511253)  2026-02-04T19:35Z 93.1K followers, 11.2K engagements


"tl;dr Amazon pressures its merchants to offer low pricesexactly as Costco pressures its suppliers. Germany is now forbidding Amazon from doing so. Bekloppt Amazon fined for displaying "price-competitive" offers on its German website. This epitomizes the deep problems that afflict competition enforcement in Europe: - Hypothetical concerns are trumping common sense - Enforcement of ex ante rules is further fragmenting markets 🧵 Amazon fined for displaying "price-competitive" offers on its German website. This epitomizes the deep problems that afflict competition enforcement in Europe: -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019431907185029416)  2026-02-05T15:24Z 93.1K followers, 24K engagements


"Not from The Onion The Washington Post reportedly laid off [--] of its [--] climate change reporters. The Washington Post reportedly laid off [--] of its [--] climate change reporters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019657909173633419)  2026-02-06T06:22Z 93K followers, 14.8K engagements


"@mattyglesias Good one. Matt knows this is literally the argument of George Borjas Trump's economist advisor on immigration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019805896797540433)  2026-02-06T16:10Z 93.1K followers, 11.2K engagements


"@alz_zyd_ IIT Bombay admits maybe [--] in [-----] of the national high school class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019966836675391631)  2026-02-07T02:49Z 93.1K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Google spends [--] million on cafeteria snacks. In France we believe in science. That is why on May [--] I issued a clear and open call to the world: for science choose France. I am very proud to see that this call has resonated so strongly. https://t.co/Vnkz9mCG0h In France we believe in science. That is why on May [--] I issued a clear and open call to the world: for science choose France. I am very proud to see that this call has resonated so strongly. https://t.co/Vnkz9mCG0h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020159476196594044)  2026-02-07T15:35Z 93.1K followers, 30.3K engagements


"@krisgulati Yes but should the 100% discount be for the adviser or the student"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020203887454458198)  2026-02-07T18:31Z 93.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Kinda Amazing that just yesterday Helen Andrews style anti-Asian bias was official Harvard policy. A pundit called Asian students "grade grinders" destroying American schools. Reality: n=20000 survey shows Asian American kids lead in sports (63%) arts (59%) AND community service. The real complaint "They're too good and we can't compete." https://t.co/QV0fA3AMt3 A pundit called Asian students "grade grinders" destroying American schools. Reality: n=20000 survey shows Asian American kids lead in sports (63%) arts (59%) AND community service. The real complaint "They're too good and we can't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020471928192999691)  2026-02-08T12:17Z 93.1K followers, 45.5K engagements


"So nonchalant New world. I found the official Get Information about Schools website a bit clunky so I made a new one with Claude Code. You can: - Set a postcode and see all schools within a radius of that you've chosen filtered by type of school. - Filter and rank by the old one-word Ofsted https://t.co/3HPC30U4OJ I found the official Get Information about Schools website a bit clunky so I made a new one with Claude Code. You can: - Set a postcode and see all schools within a radius of that you've chosen filtered by type of school. - Filter and rank by the old one-word Ofsted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020543187404632162)  2026-02-08T17:00Z 93.1K followers, 15.2K engagements


"Our President is such a whiner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2021019231194841260)  2026-02-10T00:31Z 93.2K followers, 25.2K engagements


"@beckerrjon @Cloudflare @ahall_research"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2021731877250367976)  2026-02-11T23:43Z 93.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@besttrousers @rgeiger24 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/250106 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/250106"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020543709104803997)  2026-02-08T17:02Z 93.2K followers, [---] engagements


"If countries respond like Switzerlandand Trumps unpopularity abroad doesnt helpthe pharma sector ends up less profitable and innovation slows. Voters may feel less ripped off but theyll be buying that feeling with fewer drugs and sicker bodies. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/trumps-pharmaceutical-plan.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/trumps-pharmaceutical-plan.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2019491156074086509)  2026-02-05T19:19Z 93.2K followers, 14.6K engagements


"Pedro giving away incredible alpha here. A few friends have asked me about how I have been using Claude Code so I decided to have Claude help me synthesize some of my key lessons and workflow tricks that I've used in the last month: https://t.co/BMX6Z6mIe6 A few friends have asked me about how I have been using Claude Code so I decided to have Claude help me synthesize some of my key lessons and workflow tricks that I've used in the last month: https://t.co/BMX6Z6mIe6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020164026789982209)  2026-02-07T15:53Z 93.2K followers, 66.1K engagements


"@calebwatney Absolutely stunning the number of people who are still saying "AI doesn't think" "AI isn't useful" "AI isn't creative." Sleepwalkers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2021682496719523901)  2026-02-11T20:27Z 93.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Sergio Garcia celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after [--] years. The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/texas-waco-chef-deported-sergio-garcia-ice-undocumented/ https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/texas-waco-chef-deported-sergio-garcia-ice-undocumented/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1975638780960031213)  2025-10-07T19:06Z 93.2K followers, 1.5M engagements


"One person in this [----] video represents the future of the Republican party. John McCain responding to a racist comment made about Obama in 2008: "He's a decent family man that I happen to have disagreements with. That's what this campaign is all about." https://t.co/FBQW5Kx9Ut John McCain responding to a racist comment made about Obama in 2008: "He's a decent family man that I happen to have disagreements with. That's what this campaign is all about." https://t.co/FBQW5Kx9Ut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020155602761048102)  2026-02-07T15:20Z 93.2K followers, 79.1K engagements


"Pics or it didn't happen. The Pics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020512575193071897)  2026-02-08T14:58Z 93.2K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Moderna is a US firm. Its mRNA platform was developed at speed with billions in taxpayer support through Operation Warp Speed the signature achievement of the 1st Trump administration. The same govt that funded this technology is now dismantling it. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/i-regret-to-inform-you-that-the-fda-is-still-fdaing.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/i-regret-to-inform-you-that-the-fda-is-still-fdaing.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2021971691375931844)  2026-02-12T15:36Z 93.2K followers, 39K engagements


"Hilarious: Trump admin is torn between those who say Moderna's flu trial was unethical because it didn't use a high-dose vaccine as comparator exposing participants to "increased risk of severe illness" and those who say it was unethical because it didn't use an inert placebo https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2022375611860213908)  2026-02-13T18:21Z 93.2K followers, 45.6K engagements


"@paulnovosad Sure but solve for that problem directly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023058082583228873)  2026-02-15T15:33Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@rockors0mething Right only people close to you can do that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023061343629197716)  2026-02-15T15:46Z 93.2K followers, 12.6K engagements


"Enjoying HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. In first [--] episodes one of the characters felt off. I chalked it up to lazy writing. In the 3rd episode exactly what had bothered me was revealed as a deliberate plot twist. Impressive. Still too much pooping however"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2020268113124843596)  2026-02-07T22:47Z 93.2K followers, 18.8K engagements


"Every car company should take a lesson: dials not displays physical buttons switches tactility sensibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2021030809503965437)  2026-02-10T01:17Z 93.2K followers, 53.8K engagements


"@aakashgupta Yes crime falls tremendously with pregnancy for both men and women https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/11/more-pregnancy-less-crime.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/11/more-pregnancy-less-crime.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2022430723261764049)  2026-02-13T22:00Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@paulnovosad Well we have penalties on murder and we do have some mild restrictions on who can buy life insurance on whom. Seems benefits exceed costs even though life insurance is in fact a motive for murder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023060884734497238)  2026-02-15T15:44Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@paulnovosad Yes but depends on perspective. My perspective is that life insurance was illegal and considered repugnant for a very long time. Modern life insurance dates from only the 1860s or so--it took a lot of work to get us this far so in that sense I say restrictions are mild"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023067346730930348)  2026-02-15T16:10Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Natural and Artificial Ice - https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/artificial-ice.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/artificial-ice.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/2023080520712925637)  2026-02-15T17:02Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"WTF Someone launched a rocket and hit the moon and NASA has no idea who. After a rocket body impacted the Moon last year NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to snap a surprising view of the impact site. Unexpectedly the crater is actually two craters and may indicate that the rocket body had large masses at each end: https://t.co/WtMAFrNkUw https://t.co/hcoYPxlm8z After a rocket body impacted the Moon last year NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to snap a surprising view of the impact site. Unexpectedly the crater is actually two craters and may indicate that the rocket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1542261859855831041)  2022-06-29T21:40Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Hilarious. Climate activists glue themselves to conductors stand but dont realize its removable so security lifts it up and puts them in back room"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1600272524993888256)  2022-12-06T23:34Z 93.2K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Law appears to be the field most threatened by GPTs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1609961833301180416)  2023-01-02T17:16Z 93.2K followers, 1.1M engagements


"Progressivism: The haunting fear that someone somewhere may be making a profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1622046262714408961)  2023-02-05T01:35Z 93.2K followers, 3.3M engagements


"GPT4 gets a [--] on Steven Landsbrug's undergrad econ exam. But damn Steven's questions are tricky. Not hard computationally but you really have to think like an economist https://www.thebigquestions.com/2023/04/05/gpt-4-fails-economics/ https://www.thebigquestions.com/2023/04/05/gpt-4-fails-economics/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1646185259866939394)  2023-04-12T16:15Z 93.2K followers, 654.1K engagements


"If this is true it's the most important event in the history of the world. https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1665737367880187906)  2023-06-05T15:08Z 93.2K followers, 3.4M engagements


"Wow. When you have lost Washington Post and New York Times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738585334730969575)  2023-12-23T15:40Z 93.2K followers, 178.9K engagements


"Google once had the goal to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Now they have become a woke censor that hides denies and refuses to provide information. https://t.co/CUT0mCjKRq https://t.co/CUT0mCjKRq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1761884545656201258)  2024-02-25T22:43Z 93.2K followers, 423K engagements


"The Key bridge was built in [----] at a cost of $61 million which is about $343m in $2024. Seems cheap. How much will it cost to replace it today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1772633627714552266)  2024-03-26T14:36Z 93.2K followers, 875K engagements


"Of course this is ridiculous but lab grown meat is a huge threat to factory farming. The moment lab grown meat is on par on taste and price the moral arguments against factory farming will explode and quickly take the day. BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis signs legislation to ban lab-grown meat in Florida. https://t.co/BW9ldqzlme BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis signs legislation to ban lab-grown meat in Florida. https://t.co/BW9ldqzlme"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1786812525658484850)  2024-05-04T17:37Z 93.2K followers, 169.2K engagements


"Reminds me of this quip. What did socialists use for light before candles Answer: Electricity Oakland is now replacing traffic lights with stop signs due to homeless encampments stealing from Oakland's electrical boxes: https://t.co/0HS9yE2stC Oakland is now replacing traffic lights with stop signs due to homeless encampments stealing from Oakland's electrical boxes: https://t.co/0HS9yE2stC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1794048021543497997)  2024-05-24T16:49Z 93.2K followers, 182.9K engagements


"NYTimes has some explaining to do. Complete reversal of a major story in a little over a week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1808292301128491426)  2024-07-03T00:10Z 93.2K followers, 330K engagements


"American Cincinnatus. No matter how much I disagree with many of Biden's policies he has earned my enduring respect and admiration. He has served his country honorably. https://t.co/RMIRvlSOYw https://t.co/RMIRvlSOYw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815111514107547758)  2024-07-21T19:48Z 93.2K followers, 165.3K engagements


"This of course is perfectly sensible. Rice is cheap and easy to import. Chips are not. If only California were so sensible they would stop subsidizing almond and cotton production with cheap water and let the water be used for more valuable urban uses and manufacturing. This is insane. The Taiwanese government is paying farmers to NOT grow rice because they need the water for AI chip manufacturing instead. We're prioritizing AI over feeding people during a drought. https://t.co/dchH1CvT0U This is insane. The Taiwanese government is paying farmers to NOT grow rice because they need the water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815859636936868134)  2024-07-23T21:20Z 93.2K followers, 70K engagements


"Never trust someone who doesnt believe in trade offs. JD Vance: We believe that a million cheap knockoff toasters arent worth the price of a single American manufacturing job. We believe in rebuilding American factories and rebuilding the American dream. https://t.co/4QRI5cXcjG JD Vance: We believe that a million cheap knockoff toasters arent worth the price of a single American manufacturing job. We believe in rebuilding American factories and rebuilding the American dream. https://t.co/4QRI5cXcjG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1818771009593561556)  2024-07-31T22:09Z 93.2K followers, 144K engagements


""When two cars crash a 1000lb increase in the weight of one vehicle raised the fatality rate in the other by 47%." Externalities. https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1830269712259051660)  2024-09-01T15:41Z 93.2K followers, 172.5K engagements


"I want this for the US. Watching how fast the line of trucks moves at :39 seconds should piss off every single truck driver whos ever been to a port in the US. https://t.co/1B2SuG4lr6 Watching how fast the line of trucks moves at :39 seconds should piss off every single truck driver whos ever been to a port in the US. https://t.co/1B2SuG4lr6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1841086552560079275)  2024-10-01T12:03Z 93.2K followers, 67.1K engagements


"Carter deregulated beer and airlines. Underrated. Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter One of his biggest contributions to American culture was his deregulation of the home-brewing industry which paved the way for craft beer and microbreweries to enter the market compete against larger brewers and thrive in the US. https://t.co/Ax5y8ZTD3H Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter One of his biggest contributions to American culture was his deregulation of the home-brewing industry which paved the way for craft beer and microbreweries to enter the market compete against larger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1841132222599844282)  2024-10-01T15:05Z 93.2K followers, 93.1K engagements


"Pharma stocks nosediving means your life expectancy is nose diving. This is not good. Pharma stocks all took a nosedive after RFK Jr announcement ☺ https://t.co/sMP9xVzXP4 Pharma stocks all took a nosedive after RFK Jr announcement ☺ https://t.co/sMP9xVzXP4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1857178423522639931)  2024-11-14T21:46Z 93.2K followers, 1.4M engagements


"America was meant to be art deco. The winged figures of the republic Hoover Dam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1860319481450356757)  2024-11-23T13:48Z 93.2K followers, 120.4K engagements


"The entire AML/ KYC apparatus should be dismantled and scrapped. It does not befit a free people. 17/ 👉This shift has redefined banking. Historically financial firms served as neutral intermediaries providing credit & processing transactions without moral or political judgment. Under FATF banks have become enforcement agents of the state tasked with policing customers. 17/ 👉This shift has redefined banking. Historically financial firms served as neutral intermediaries providing credit & processing transactions without moral or political judgment. Under FATF banks have become enforcement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862577469368184973)  2024-11-29T19:20Z 93.2K followers, 339.9K engagements


"No way ABC would have lost in court. This is a payoff to avoid retribution. BREAKING: ABC News agrees to pay $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle defamation suit filed by president-elect. https://t.co/w6zaYG0VVC BREAKING: ABC News agrees to pay $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle defamation suit filed by president-elect. https://t.co/w6zaYG0VVC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1868304683460137014)  2024-12-15T14:38Z 93.2K followers, 4.6M engagements


"The high-skill immigration debate has exposed a harsh truth: a significant share of the Trump coalition isn't interested in ending the grievance Olympicsthey want to win them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1872434793667052019)  2024-12-27T00:10Z 93.2K followers, 243K engagements


"In fact by letting the price rise Uber increased supply and reduced the number of drunk drivers on the road. Not capping prices on the most popular night of the year for folk to drink and drive is actually dangerously irresponsible on Ubers end Not capping prices on the most popular night of the year for folk to drink and drive is actually dangerously irresponsible on Ubers end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1874665701178237276)  2025-01-02T03:55Z 93.2K followers, 243.9K engagements


"How it started/How it's going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1881390667286593940)  2025-01-20T17:17Z 93.2K followers, 111.9K engagements


"SOD: The Vietnamese Communist Party has decided to embark on a bold path towards restructuring its state apparatus.inspired by the radical reforms implemented in Argentina by President Javier Milei.() https://gatewayhispanic.com/2025/01/communist-vietnam-follows-libertiarian-mileis-path-in-a-surprising-turn/ https://gatewayhispanic.com/2025/01/communist-vietnam-follows-libertiarian-mileis-path-in-a-surprising-turn/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1881411319888576821)  2025-01-20T18:39Z 93.2K followers, 536.6K engagements


"Krugman on why he left the NYTimes: "The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice toning down of the feel. Krugman on Substack. "Donald Trump Wants You To Die." I feel for the NYTimes editors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1882830645925445773)  2025-01-24T16:39Z 93.2K followers, 291.2K engagements


"Energy is energy. I don't get the fetishization of different sources. Banning wind and solar would be as big a mistake as banning nuclear. All energy sources have their role in a free market of energy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1882919228598300831)  2025-01-24T22:31Z 93.2K followers, 138K engagements


"The U.S. is by far the wealthiest major countrywealthier than Canada far wealthier than Mexico or China. Yet Trump claims we are the ones who have been cheated by the global order Bonkers. Loser thinking that will make losers of us all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1886446622944403643)  2025-02-03T16:08Z 93.2K followers, 65.1K engagements


"Bonkers op-ed by Lina Khan in NYTimes. She argues that we must break up US firms like Google Apple and Meta to compete with Chinas more open and more competitive system. Unreal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1886822433182609474)  2025-02-04T17:01Z 93.2K followers, 1.7M engagements


".@elonmusk really is a genius. In the history of how to reform government no one to my knowledge suggested getting hold of the systems controlling personnel and payments. Obvious in retrospect but totally new play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1887153012121956832)  2025-02-05T14:55Z 93.2K followers, 733K engagements


"Lifestyle is a stronger predictor of aging and mortality than genetics. A new Nature study of [------] people found: 🎯 17% of mortality variation was linked to lifestyle (exposome). 🧬 2% of was explained by genetics. Heres what you need to know 👇🧵 1/10 https://t.co/M2PalYGfpN Lifestyle is a stronger predictor of aging and mortality than genetics. A new Nature study of [------] people found: 🎯 17% of mortality variation was linked to lifestyle (exposome). 🧬 2% of was explained by genetics. Heres what you need to know 👇🧵 1/10 https://t.co/M2PalYGfpN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1895897484049989887)  2025-03-01T18:02Z 93.2K followers, 527.4K engagements


"BREAKING: Robert Kennedy Jr says he will work to get cell phones out of schools: Cell phones produce electric magnetic radiation which has been shown to do neurological damage to kids when it's around them all day. https://t.co/yoObC8kzG0 BREAKING: Robert Kennedy Jr says he will work to get cell phones out of schools: Cell phones produce electric magnetic radiation which has been shown to do neurological damage to kids when it's around them all day. https://t.co/yoObC8kzG0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1903252901008417009)  2025-03-22T01:10Z 93.2K followers, 189.5K engagements


"Its even worse than I thought they texted a deceitful and highly discredited journalist with top secret war plans. . @SecDef response to the @TheAtlantic article. Youre talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist https://t.co/pLtcUF4ZtN . @SecDef response to the @TheAtlantic article. Youre talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist https://t.co/pLtcUF4ZtN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1904329717156905392)  2025-03-25T00:29Z 93.2K followers, 757.4K engagements


"We spent decades building an integrated market to the great benefit of the US Mexico and Canada and now in a tantrum one person is wrecking it all for less than nothing. "According to Canadian manufacturer Linamar which produces transmissions via factories in the US Mexico and Canada parts cross the three borders seven times with the transmission finally assembled in Michigan." https://t.co/kJdZpJzexU "According to Canadian manufacturer Linamar which produces transmissions via factories in the US Mexico and Canada parts cross the three borders seven times with the transmission finally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1905707366047477823)  2025-03-28T19:43Z 93.2K followers, 117K engagements


"Trump lit the tariff fuse but if Congress wont defuse the wreckage is also on them. Tariff policy is Congresss domain not the Presidents. Congress cannot evade responsibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1907541742548824540)  2025-04-02T21:12Z 93.2K followers, 75.7K engagements


"Look its possible to be a professional economist and favor tariffs but these tariff numbers are economically illiterate nonsense and any economist on Trumps CEA should be ashamed. This seems to be the formula used to calculate foreign tariffs their trade balance with the US divided by their exports to the US This seems to be the formula used to calculate foreign tariffs their trade balance with the US divided by their exports to the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1907570837131260048)  2025-04-02T23:08Z 93.2K followers, 144.4K engagements


"@jmhorp Good point. I stand corrected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1908199949168202108)  2025-04-04T16:48Z 93.2K followers, 95.1K engagements


"It's absurd that in a supposed democracy we are subject to one person's daily whims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1910023496941601027)  2025-04-09T17:34Z 93.2K followers, 401.5K engagements


"On Thomas Jefferson's birthday let's recall the grievances he wrote in the Declaration of Independence against the abuses of the Mad King. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: Sound familiar Makes me angry. Should make you angry too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1911419164968755576)  2025-04-13T14:00Z 93.2K followers, 86.7K engagements


"Every American is 100% an American. No one gets special privileges or bragging rights because of their ancestors. America is the land of individualists. We stand on our own two feet and don't run to the petticoats of our ancestors. I hate this smug self-assured bullshit. "I know I'm right and people must be dumb or immoral to disagree with me." It's an easy way to go through life because then you never have to think seriously about why your worldview is a justification for the mass invasion of the I hate this smug self-assured bullshit. "I know I'm right and people must be dumb or immoral to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1912660974777041173)  2025-04-17T00:14Z 93.2K followers, 408.9K engagements


"Wow. If it were not for President Trump 1/3 of the US population would have died in the last [---] days. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trumps first [---] days weve seized over [--] million fentanyl laced pills saving over [---] Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost for those whose lives are at risk and for the soul of our https://t.co/nQLnN0nipn Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trumps first [---] days weve seized over [--] million fentanyl laced pills saving over [---] Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1917363024786055255)  2025-04-29T23:39Z 93.2K followers, 1.1M engagements


"Trump just called Leonard Leothe Federalist Society kingmaker and architect of the conservative legal movementa scumbag who probably hates America. The conservative movement sold its soul to a man whos now tearing it down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1928258831819133110)  2025-05-30T01:15Z 93.2K followers, 454.1K engagements


"Look I have been reluctant to bring this up but I think there is something we need to discuss. Thai problems. An elephant casually walked into a convenience store in Khao Yai. https://t.co/QGAs47CI6C Thai problems. An elephant casually walked into a convenience store in Khao Yai. https://t.co/QGAs47CI6C"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929598199091671257)  2025-06-02T17:57Z 93.2K followers, 503.7K engagements


"I dont think we should have poverty. We are not the same. I dont think that we should have billionaires Mamdani https://t.co/YhXV2CXCZe I dont think that we should have billionaires Mamdani https://t.co/YhXV2CXCZe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939490834883469621)  2025-06-30T01:07Z 93.2K followers, 187.5K engagements


"Grok [--] may be doing well on some metrics but after an hour or so of testing my conclusion is that is overfitting. Grok4 is behind o3 and Gemini [---] in reasoning & well behind either of those models or o4 in writing quality. But great to see competition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1943338771950325962)  2025-07-10T15:57Z 93.2K followers, 410K engagements


"The Soviets abolished weekends. Instead they created a rolling [--] day week so that factories were always open. Workers would get time off on different days so they couldn't be sure their day off would overlap with that of their spouse or friends. https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/a-failed-soviet-experiment-offers-a-warning-to-todays-burnout-generation/W You dont hate Mondays. you hate being exploited by capitalism https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/a-failed-soviet-experiment-offers-a-warning-to-todays-burnout-generation/W You dont hate Mondays. you hate being exploited by capitalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947375310795592056)  2025-07-21T19:17Z 93.2K followers, 651.7K engagements


"For my wedding anniversary I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes traditional Afghanistan designs with some scientific elements including Bunsen burners test tubes bacterial petri dishes and other elements"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950564257055248774)  2025-07-30T14:28Z 93.2K followers, 476.3K engagements


"Amazing. Expects to find bias. Finds none. Which is what you would expect if BLS is doing their job well. Reverses course and claims BLS lack of bias means their forecasts have no signal and that is bad Incoherent. Ends with gratuitous call for better methods. Non Farm Payrolls are total garbage so I asked Grok: Hey Grok go look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website for their non farm payrolls data. Tell me how many times their original forecasts have been revised since Jan [----]. And of those revisions how many times the data Non Farm Payrolls are total garbage so I asked Grok: Hey Grok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951736853448532047)  2025-08-02T20:08Z 93.2K followers, 183.2K engagements


"In the 1400's China's Admiral Zheng He led seven voyages in ships so vast & magnificent they astonished the world. But conservative Confucian rule ended the voyages and China ceded the oceans of discovery just as the European age began. Same energy today--but in reverse. "The COVID pandemic cost the US an estimated $16T. The Operation Warp Speed investment of $18B in vaccine development prevented losses orders of magnitude greater. By any costbenefit analysis this was among the highest-ROIs in human history" https://t.co/wc3oIX9bdV "The COVID pandemic cost the US an estimated $16T. The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954217051997839730)  2025-08-09T16:23Z 93.2K followers, 151.9K engagements


"If South Korea chained several hundred US workers many Americans would be talking war. Hard to exaggerate how mad this is. Mad economics mad foreign policy. Shameful to treat an ally this way. This is the kind of thing which wont be forgotten. Decades of good will torched. These images of the mainly Korean workers being chained by ICE in full restraints including wrists belly and ankles are pretty nuts. https://t.co/HlqsQExwCo These images of the mainly Korean workers being chained by ICE in full restraints including wrists belly and ankles are pretty nuts. https://t.co/HlqsQExwCo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964456149044122009)  2025-09-06T22:30Z 93.2K followers, 2.2M engagements


"In our textbook Modern Principles @tylercowen and I liken this effect to dating: "Imagine how difficult it would be to get a date if every date required marriage In the same way its more difficult to find a job when every job requires a long-term commitment from the employer." The Economist published this article that's contentious but probably right: It argues that laws protecting labour in much of Europe make lay-offs so onerous that high-risk moonshot projects become unviable. Making it easier to fire people could weirdly benefit everyone. https://t.co/pGSqR6vcQU The Economist published"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974912647066759293)  2025-10-05T19:00Z 93.2K followers, 259.4K engagements


"It would be a shame if Trumps hysterical reaction to this ad caused more people to watch it. The Government of Ontario just spent $75 million on a pro-trade/anti-tariff ad starring. Ronald Reagan. https://t.co/uD5wJgZEzv The Government of Ontario just spent $75 million on a pro-trade/anti-tariff ad starring. Ronald Reagan. https://t.co/uD5wJgZEzv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981705409464500466)  2025-10-24T12:52Z 93.2K followers, 170.3K engagements


""Protectionism is destructionism." Ronald Reagan. Lol. No. https://t.co/1WlCq3lmxs Lol. No. https://t.co/1WlCq3lmxs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982100478969176136)  2025-10-25T15:02Z 93.2K followers, 73.9K engagements


"In case you were wondering what no kings means. To be clear a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because hes mad. To be clear a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because hes mad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982226949423391020)  2025-10-25T23:25Z 93.2K followers, 1.9M engagements


"JD Vance thinks like a commie. Look at language: Illegal immigrants were "taking houses" that "by right" ought to go to Americans. As if homes are a fixed pot the govt allocates to a deserving class. (And the US sellers Blank out.) Zero-sum central-planner thinking. JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that Because we flooded the country with [--] million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens." https://t.co/3zWrklTNR8 JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989424545464553754)  2025-11-14T20:05Z 93.2K followers, 559.5K engagements


"Five years ago today. A beautiful graph"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989478018520379690)  2025-11-14T23:38Z 93.2K followers, 703.6K engagements


"Insanity. Fracking has made the US the world leader in oil and natural gas production. Created trillions in wealth for producers and consumers. Made us less dependent on the Middle East. *Reduced* our carbon emissions. Fracking is American ingenuity at it's very best. Bernie Sanders introduces bill to ban fracking https://t.co/CoVsTdmh1c https://t.co/qLhh9I6msT Bernie Sanders introduces bill to ban fracking https://t.co/CoVsTdmh1c https://t.co/qLhh9I6msT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1223598745998315520)  2020-02-01T13:27Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Not everyday an economist makes the cover of Vogue. Congratulations to @GitaGopinath chief economist of the IMF. https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/gita-gopinath-on-the-road-to-economic-recovery-vogue-india-november-2020-cover-story https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/gita-gopinath-on-the-road-to-economic-recovery-vogue-india-november-2020-cover-story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1325878601879674880)  2020-11-09T19:11Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"You would have done much better investing in Dogecoin this year than in Pfizer. I can't tell you how depressing this is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1400215149613572098)  2021-06-02T22:18Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"STFU NYTimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1481784386819436546)  2022-01-14T00:25Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"We truly live in the dumbest timeline. A French restaurant says it received insults and threats from customers who thought its signature Quebecois dish poutine was named after Putin https://news.yahoo.com/french-restaurant-says-received-insults-035745119.html https://news.yahoo.com/french-restaurant-says-received-insults-035745119.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1500702759686971393)  2022-03-07T05:19Z 93.2K followers, [----] engagements


"How it Started / How it's Going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1653878623747686401)  2023-05-03T21:46Z 93.2K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Broken clock and all that but Sinema is correct. The US [----] hour rule is too long. Europe and the UK start to permit (co)-pilots with [---] hours and it's fine. US rule before [----] was [---] hours. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is holding up a major bill unless it includes her proposal to require less training for airline pilots. Sen. Tammy Duckworth an ex-pilot says Sinema will have 'blood on her hands' if it passes. Why would anyone argue for less training for pilots Thread. https://t.co/Eus9yfVdOh Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is holding up a major bill unless it includes her proposal to require less training"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1673013714142867461)  2023-06-25T17:02Z 93.2K followers, 237.6K engagements


"The DOJ is suing @elonmusk and @SpaceX for focusing their hiring on US citizens and permanent residents. Do you know who else advertises that only US citizens can apply for a job The DOJ. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/spacex-versus-the-department-of-justice.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/spacex-versus-the-department-of-justice.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1695459110345687382)  2023-08-26T15:32Z 93.2K followers, 67.6M engagements


"One of the ironies of anti-vax sentiment is that vaccines are among the most naturopathic of medicines more akin to exercise almost literally exercising the immune system than they are to invasive treatments or synthetic drugs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1870172476032069727)  2024-12-20T18:20Z 93.2K followers, 116K engagements


"tl:dr It was Oswald. President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today per his direction previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX https://t.co/XBbkQfz4Bx President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today per his direction previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX https://t.co/XBbkQfz4Bx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902141053232206218)  2025-03-18T23:32Z 93.2K followers, 1.3M engagements


"I look forward to buying American coffee bananas and black pepper. You can't avoid an income tax. You can avoid a tariff. Just buy American. You can't avoid an income tax. You can avoid a tariff. Just buy American"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1908189815540953381)  2025-04-04T16:07Z 93.2K followers, 3.5M engagements


"It takes a lifetime to grow a forest and a day to burn it down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ATabarrok/status/1911837649309925558)  2025-04-14T17:43Z 93.2K followers, 122.1K engagements


"The zero-sum trap: the more people believe that wealth status and well-being are zero-sum the more they back policies that make the world zero-sum. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/07/the-sputnik-vs-deep-seek-moment-the-answers.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/07/the-sputnik-vs-deep-seek-moment-the-answers.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1946957865421324735)  2025-07-20T15:38Z 93.2K followers, 325.8K engagements


"Whats worse than a government owned grocery store Trump considering having US take stake in Intel $INTC per Bloomberg Trump considering having US take stake in Intel $INTC per Bloomberg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956100972997951805)  2025-08-14T21:09Z 93.2K followers, 101.2K engagements


"Stories to tell my children: Once we built built the Empire State Building in [---] days flew faster than sound aircraft and had a Nobel prize winning physicist as Secretary of Energy. Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel you would only be producing 20% of global energy. One of the biggest mistakes politicians can make is equating the ELECTRICITY with ENERGY Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel you would only be producing 20% of global energy. One of the biggest mistakes politicians can make is equating the ELECTRICITY with ENERGY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963060163272651013)  2025-09-03T02:03Z 93.2K followers, 78.8K engagements


"The really big one is in New Jersey and its great. Thank God we won World War [--] so we could have big Hindu temples in Murfreesboro Tennessee https://t.co/Vfhj7dl2Wi Thank God we won World War [--] so we could have big Hindu temples in Murfreesboro Tennessee https://t.co/Vfhj7dl2Wi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964443194797806027)  2025-09-06T21:38Z 93.2K followers, 557.4K engagements


"End of the militant left in India. Big win for Modi and for India. India: Maoists announce ceasefire and surrender of all weapons. India: Maoists announce ceasefire and surrender of all weapons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968266720357011659)  2025-09-17T10:52Z 93.2K followers, 235.5K engagements


"Bizarre and troubling: the U.S. kills at sea without trialbut won't try to prosecute the survivors in open court. Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute or hold them in military detention people with knowledge of the matter said. https://t.co/YTpRT3lkxY Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute or hold them in military detention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979626069990027541)  2025-10-18T19:10Z 93.2K followers, 604.4K engagements


"Good quote from Rand Paul. Congress is too weak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979982516095238274)  2025-10-19T18:46Z 93.2K followers, 276.1K engagements

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