Best of #econtwitter - Week of June 28, 2026: good tweets
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Good tweets
Soumaya Keynes@SoumayaKeynes
Are ideas getting harder to find? Almost a decade ago, a banger of a study said YES. Over decades the US economy had been ploughing resources into R&D, with only slowing TFP growth to show for it.
BUT newer evidence suggests more grounds for optimism 🧵
My latest column:
10:18 AM · Jun 25, 2026 · 3.89K Views
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Arpit Gupta@arpitrage
The Rent Guidelines Board recently voted for a two year rent freeze on NYC rent stabilized housing
I was the lone dissenting vote
I've written two pieces here; which highlight the challenges of a rent freeze and where to go next
vitalcitynyc.org/mamdani-rent-f…
cityjournal.substack.com/p/the-high-cos…
1:55 PM · Jun 26, 2026 · 679K Views
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Alexander Berger@albrgr
This is very cool - Jennifer ran an evaluation of her own events, finding they netted new collaborations for ~$35k a pop.
Would be very curious how the quasi-experimental results compare to raw means in this setting.
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac
New post on my convening strategy as EVP of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. I walk through what worked, and what didn't. As in everything, my goal was to fail fast and pivot as necessary.
I remain convinced that the primary constraint on progress is relationships, not $.
2:41 AM · Jun 28, 2026 · 4.94K Views
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Charts
Ernie Tedeschi@ernietedeschi
And this announcement comes after we've *already* seen consumer information processing equipment prices (which includes computers, tablets, software, & peripherals) rise 14% year-to-date.
Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart
These are some *major* increase. Full story from @markgurman https://t.co/7wNZl6dk2Q https://t.co/SvGOFMFjiS
2:09 PM · Jun 25, 2026 · 10.6K Views
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Christian Petersen-Clausen@chris__pc
This graphic reveals just how few users of Chinese mobile networks access "the international internet" (in red), for lack of a better term, and why therefore information control in China can be so effective.
Source: gppi.net/2026/05/27/chi…
Eleanor Olcott @EleanorOlcott
Truly wild how many people in Beijing, even living in the same neighbourhood, have no idea a plane crashed into the city’s tallest building on Friday. The censorship is incredibly effective.
6:39 AM · Jun 29, 2026 · 3.8K Views
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