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

2026-03-16 · 16:21 UTC ·An Economist from Best of Econtwitter ·3 min read

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Best of #econtwitter — Week of February 15, 2026, is a March 16, 2026 Substack roundup by An Economist that curates image-based paper summaries, threads, and "idiosyncratic favorites" pulled from the Econtwitter community. The post is visually dense (many linked screenshots and linked threads) and groups content into sections such as Idiosyncratic favorites and More paper summaries, with direct links for reading, sharing, commenting, and pledging support. The edition foregrounds a Tyler Cowen remark about the rising importance of short pieces and observations in economics, and it explicitly invites reader submissions (via email and Twitter @just_economics). Distribution is via Substack with free access today and optional pledged subscriptions to support the author.

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

An Economist

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Welcome readers old and new to this week’s edition of the Best of Econtwitter newsletter. Please submit suggestions — very much including your own work! — over email or on Twitter @just_economics.

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?”

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^thread

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