The top three ~econ posts, by zaprank, in April were
Pleb Economist #6: Analysis of Trump's Reciprocal Tariff Calculations
by @SimpleStacker
Remember those goofy tariff and non-tariff barrier numbers? SimpleStacker walks us through the assumptions and formulas that they were derived from. There's a good discussion around how much sense those assumptions make and where they came from.
Twenty One Capital: You Can Just Do Things (Bloomberg, Matt Levine)
by @denlillaapan
A commentary on a commentary on the 21 Capital bitcoin strategy. Why are investors willing to pay several multiples of bitcoin's current purchase price to get exposure to it in this form? Let @denlillaapan know in the comments.
The WSJ (kinda) covers the Mar-a-Lago Accords plus Miran's Incredible Speech
by @028559d218
Analysis of Steve Miran's speech about "Global Public Goods". Will the rest of the world tell America to "go F itself", as the author repeatedly suggests? Eventually, no doubt they/we will.
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The top post will be entered into the quarterly top post contest, which we'll hold in July.
In Rome, plebians referred to commoners (All throughout Julius Caesar) lol
I think that's still the idea
lol
I haven't read this, but I need to!
You get a good sense for how all this is being received by the international community.
YEEEEE-hAAAAAAAH!
I thought you had at least one better post, but this one had the most interesting question.
it's the STACKERS zaprank choice, not our (biased) judgments!
Exactly! A good question is worth a thousand words.