Best of #econtwitter - Week of February 15, 2026: paper summaries

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Idiosyncratic favorites

^what do we think of this chat

^KREAM (K-level thinking rules everything around me)

^“Price controls cause chaos”, summary at Economic Forces here

^read this paper once and you start seeing this story everywhere. Tyler Cowen: “These short pieces and observations are likely among the most important outputs economists will produce this year. But are they being suitably rewarded?”

More paper summaries

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