Best of #econtwitter - Week of April 19, 2026: good tweets

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Good tweets

^like and subscribe

^+1. undergrad intermediate textbooks… underrated…

Public goods

Charts

^measuring the relevant historical numbers is actually very hard, and I would be highly wary of these charts with beige backgrounds (i.e., generated by Claude)

^good discussion (Jess Riedel)

Fin

^Krugman is one of the GOATs