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Lones Smith

@lonessmith

Punster, math aficionado & economic theory spin maestro. Pro science, pro fact, pro common sense: Extreme centrist! I do game theory and information economics.

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calendar_today10-08-2019 05:19:41

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Bill Kristol (@billkristol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." cbsnews.com/chicago/news/p…

David Frum (@davidfrum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If Argentina does not let the peso float, there is no amount of money that will suffice to bail it out. The justification for US aid to Argentina is to smooth the path to a freely exchangeable Argentine currency, not to prolong the havoc caused by currency controls.

Leslie Proll (@leslieproll) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exactly. Nineteen years ago, we all attended the signing on the South Lawn of George W. Bush’s White House after the bill passed the Senate in a 98-0 vote and the House in a 390-33 vote.

Chris Murphy 🟧 (@chrismurphyct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is grossly dark. These are broken people. But it's also so politically dumb. How do they think Americans will react to being told that anyone who doesn't support Trump is a terrorist?

Nicholas Fabiano, MD (@ntfabiano) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1992 Peter Ratcliffe received this rejection letter from Nature. His findings were not "a sufficient advance in our understanding". 27 years later he won the Nobel Prize for the same discovery. Don't lose faith in the things you believe in.

In 1992 Peter Ratcliffe received this rejection letter from Nature.

His findings were not "a sufficient advance in our understanding".

27 years later he won the Nobel Prize for the same discovery. 

Don't lose faith in the things you believe in.
Golf Digest (@golfdigest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tiger Woods has fallen out of the top 2,000 in the Official World Golf Ranking and could completely disappear from the ratings by next year's Masters. golfdigest.com/story/tiger-wo…

Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you're not surprised & puzzled about Treasuries being <4% then you're either a seer, incurious or have better things to wonder about. Large deficits (albeit smaller than expected), capital demand, Fed independence risk, persistent inflation, uncertainty, all go the other way.

If you're not surprised &amp; puzzled about Treasuries being &lt;4% then you're either a seer, incurious or have better things to wonder about.

Large deficits (albeit smaller than expected), capital demand, Fed independence risk, persistent inflation, uncertainty, all go the other way.
Chris Vannini (@chrisvannini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Within a week we've had a major jewel heist, a mafia-involved poker ring and sports gambling corruption. We're living in the 1920s.

Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Actually, obligatory: Two economists are walking in a forest when they come across a pile of shit. The first economist says to the other “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit. They continue walking until

John B. Holbein (@johnholbein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Elon Musk's involvement in politics has really hurt Tesla sales. "Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between October 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles."

Elon Musk's involvement in politics has really hurt Tesla sales. 

"Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between October 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles."
Simon Bazelon (@simon_bazelon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just as voters have noticed our party's shift away from prioritizing economic issues, they’ve noticed our shift left – and they don't like it. Since 2012, the share of voters who think the Democratic Party is "too liberal" has gone up by ~10%, and is now at 55% (!). (8/14)

Just as voters have noticed our party's shift away from prioritizing economic issues, they’ve noticed our shift left – and they don't like it.

Since 2012, the share of voters who think the Democratic Party is "too liberal" has gone up by ~10%, and is now at 55% (!). (8/14)