[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @MattBruenig Matt Bruenig Matt Bruenig posts on X about has been, tariffs, turkey, private equity the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +72% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +1.90% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/posts_active)  - X Month XX -XX% - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXX +8.50% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.01% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.04% - X Months XXXXXXX +0.72% - X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) #368 [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [has been](/topic/has-been) 3.85%, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) 3.85%, [turkey](/topic/turkey) 3.85%, [private equity](/topic/private-equity) 3.85%, [instead of](/topic/instead-of) 3.85%, [barack obama](/topic/barack-obama) 3.85%, [insurance](/topic/insurance) 3.85%, [money](/topic/money) 3.85%, [breaking news](/topic/breaking-news) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@matthewstoller](/creator/undefined) [@leehepner](/creator/undefined) [@nordlundmatthew](/creator/undefined) [@beaglemeister66](/creator/undefined) [@sjrichmond89](/creator/undefined) [@drbobbydigital](/creator/undefined) [@saladbarfan](/creator/undefined) [@benjysarlin](/creator/undefined) [@thatflyingscott](/creator/undefined) [@rwlesq](/creator/undefined) [@noahgendas](/creator/undefined) [@underverse](/creator/undefined) [@jamessurowiecki](/creator/undefined) [@chap42chap](/creator/undefined) [@thestalwart](/creator/undefined) [@mattyglesias](/creator/undefined) [@bscholl](/creator/undefined) [@ddayen](/creator/undefined) [@maviddedsker](/creator/undefined) [@quiveringnut](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::327337127/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "who came up with the idea of rebranding price discrimination as "surveillance pricing"" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979208035353370788) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T15:29Z 188.2K followers, 31.8K engagements "@LeeHepner @matthewstoller Yes you could define certain variables as always problematic (say race) whether used in a univariate way or multivariate way. But there also seems to be an additional unease people have with multivariate models themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979236754361323552) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:23Z 188.2K followers, XXX engagements "@LeeHepner @matthewstoller So maybe it depends on how much you care about (or emphasize) the degree to which more accurate price discrimination (1) reduces consumer surplus or (2) reduces deadweight loss. Most people don't talk about (2) at all in these discussions" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979242504558932096) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:46Z 188.2K followers, 1244 engagements "this one tickled me for some reason obviously the biggest thing here is these small business owner vendors are just "price gouging" in the way that term has been used recently " [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980350815677350377) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-20T19:10Z 188.2K followers, 125.2K engagements "@NordlundMatthew @LeeHepner @matthewstoller I think it's very philosophically interesting. It goes to the question of how do we understand "consumer surplus" So much of our justifications for capitalism is that prices reflect subject value received but in fact consumer surplus is everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979236020127191098) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:20Z 188.2K followers, 5876 engagements "I lived in an apartment complex like this. It was nice and cheap" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980691515241357506) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T17:43Z 188.2K followers, 148.8K engagements "@DrBobbyDigital @TheStalwart I have also used it for excel. I have a case where I need to calculate a backpay remedy using daily compounded interest (with the interest rate changing from time to time). Claude will put that together for you very quickly" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1976328563751309771) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-09T16:47Z 188.2K followers, 4679 engagements "@ddayen Ok so is "yes" to the question about the issue being multivariate models instead of univariate models" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979221377145098597) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T16:22Z 188.2K followers, 1187 engagements "@LeeHepner @matthewstoller But these baselines are not real. It's always just multiple prices" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979239459766833485) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:33Z 188.2K followers, XXX engagements "@LeeHepner @matthewstoller Maybe senior discount is cool because a lot who use it would be willing to pay full price and we think about their extra consumer surplus. But when we start going multivariate and getting really accurate the pricing doesn't generate new consumer surplus opportunities" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979241093699866848) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:40Z 188.2K followers, 5980 engagements "@LeeHepner @matthewstoller On the flipside however the non-senior upcharge is cleaving off a lot of consumers who would be willing to pay the (still profitable) senior price. And with more accurate models some of them now get a price they are willing to pay. Still no consumer surplus though" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1979241519446974703) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-17T17:42Z 188.2K followers, 1498 engagements "@SaladBarFan There is this argument against public ownership which states that private ownership acts as a strong limit on the power of someone like Trump. Yet we've just seen that's not really true" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980643976723198170) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T14:34Z 188.2K followers, 4680 engagements "@SaladBarFan Of course of the three SOEs Amtrak is the worst performing. TVA is a profitable energy company one of the largest in the country. While USPS is the best postal logistics company in the world. But that's all beside the point which is about ownership versus state power" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980644331653603350) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T14:36Z 188.2K followers, 5799 engagements "@BenjySarlin From what baseline do we define revision. I am old enough to remember Barack Obama specifically campaigning on a public option which he immediately revised (i.e. abandoned) after getting into office. It's not the left-wing of the Dem caucus that blocks that ever" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980649172954149224) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T14:55Z 188.2K followers, 6132 engagements "@BenjySarlin Also the ACA approach to universality was not just defeated by SCOTUS making it illegal to "force" Medicaid expansion but also politically by relying on mandates to buy private insurance that people found repugnant. Fair to be sad about that. But they've refused to adjust" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980650065011306661) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T14:59Z 188.2K followers, 1608 engagements "Suing the government in your personal capacity and then having the government which you run settle the lawsuit with you for money is the true infinite money trick" [X Link](https://x.com/MattBruenig/status/1980733450425364520) [@MattBruenig](/creator/x/MattBruenig) 2025-10-21T20:30Z 188.2K followers, 414.9K engagements
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@MattBruenig Matt Bruenig
Matt Bruenig posts on X about has been, tariffs, turkey, private equity the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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- X Week XXXXXXX +72%
- X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXXXXX +1.90%
Mentions: XX #
- X Month XX -XX%
- X Months XXX -XX%
- X Year XXX +8.50%
Followers: XXXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX +0.01%
- X Month XXXXXXX +0.04%
- X Months XXXXXXX +0.72%
- X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX%
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Social Influence #
Social category influence finance #368 countries XXXX% celebrities XXXX%
Social topic influence has been 3.85%, tariffs 3.85%, turkey 3.85%, private equity 3.85%, instead of 3.85%, barack obama 3.85%, insurance 3.85%, money 3.85%, breaking news XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @matthewstoller @leehepner @nordlundmatthew @beaglemeister66 @sjrichmond89 @drbobbydigital @saladbarfan @benjysarlin @thatflyingscott @rwlesq @noahgendas @underverse @jamessurowiecki @chap42chap @thestalwart @mattyglesias @bscholl @ddayen @maviddedsker @quiveringnut
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"who came up with the idea of rebranding price discrimination as "surveillance pricing""
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T15:29Z 188.2K followers, 31.8K engagements
"@LeeHepner @matthewstoller Yes you could define certain variables as always problematic (say race) whether used in a univariate way or multivariate way. But there also seems to be an additional unease people have with multivariate models themselves"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:23Z 188.2K followers, XXX engagements
"@LeeHepner @matthewstoller So maybe it depends on how much you care about (or emphasize) the degree to which more accurate price discrimination (1) reduces consumer surplus or (2) reduces deadweight loss. Most people don't talk about (2) at all in these discussions"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:46Z 188.2K followers, 1244 engagements
"this one tickled me for some reason obviously the biggest thing here is these small business owner vendors are just "price gouging" in the way that term has been used recently "
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-20T19:10Z 188.2K followers, 125.2K engagements
"@NordlundMatthew @LeeHepner @matthewstoller I think it's very philosophically interesting. It goes to the question of how do we understand "consumer surplus" So much of our justifications for capitalism is that prices reflect subject value received but in fact consumer surplus is everywhere"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:20Z 188.2K followers, 5876 engagements
"I lived in an apartment complex like this. It was nice and cheap"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T17:43Z 188.2K followers, 148.8K engagements
"@DrBobbyDigital @TheStalwart I have also used it for excel. I have a case where I need to calculate a backpay remedy using daily compounded interest (with the interest rate changing from time to time). Claude will put that together for you very quickly"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-09T16:47Z 188.2K followers, 4679 engagements
"@ddayen Ok so is "yes" to the question about the issue being multivariate models instead of univariate models"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T16:22Z 188.2K followers, 1187 engagements
"@LeeHepner @matthewstoller But these baselines are not real. It's always just multiple prices"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:33Z 188.2K followers, XXX engagements
"@LeeHepner @matthewstoller Maybe senior discount is cool because a lot who use it would be willing to pay full price and we think about their extra consumer surplus. But when we start going multivariate and getting really accurate the pricing doesn't generate new consumer surplus opportunities"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:40Z 188.2K followers, 5980 engagements
"@LeeHepner @matthewstoller On the flipside however the non-senior upcharge is cleaving off a lot of consumers who would be willing to pay the (still profitable) senior price. And with more accurate models some of them now get a price they are willing to pay. Still no consumer surplus though"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-17T17:42Z 188.2K followers, 1498 engagements
"@SaladBarFan There is this argument against public ownership which states that private ownership acts as a strong limit on the power of someone like Trump. Yet we've just seen that's not really true"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T14:34Z 188.2K followers, 4680 engagements
"@SaladBarFan Of course of the three SOEs Amtrak is the worst performing. TVA is a profitable energy company one of the largest in the country. While USPS is the best postal logistics company in the world. But that's all beside the point which is about ownership versus state power"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T14:36Z 188.2K followers, 5799 engagements
"@BenjySarlin From what baseline do we define revision. I am old enough to remember Barack Obama specifically campaigning on a public option which he immediately revised (i.e. abandoned) after getting into office. It's not the left-wing of the Dem caucus that blocks that ever"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T14:55Z 188.2K followers, 6132 engagements
"@BenjySarlin Also the ACA approach to universality was not just defeated by SCOTUS making it illegal to "force" Medicaid expansion but also politically by relying on mandates to buy private insurance that people found repugnant. Fair to be sad about that. But they've refused to adjust"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T14:59Z 188.2K followers, 1608 engagements
"Suing the government in your personal capacity and then having the government which you run settle the lawsuit with you for money is the true infinite money trick"
X Link @MattBruenig 2025-10-21T20:30Z 188.2K followers, 414.9K engagements