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Announcing: Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers — a Substack, YouTube channel, and podcast built around one idea: Economics is one of the most useful, surprising, and weirdly beautiful subjects in the world. It belongs to everyone — not just the people who happened to take it in college. 🧵

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Justin Wolfers4 months ago

Teaching economics is what I know best — and what I most believe can make people's lives, and the world, better. A way of seeing the world more clearly. A salve for news that makes you anxious. A tool you'll use every day. And — once it clicks — fun.

Justin Wolfers4 months ago

Why "platypus"? The British thought it was a hoax. A mammal that lays eggs, swims with its eyes closed, hunts by sensing electrical fields. It defies the categories. So does economics, when done right.

Justin Wolfers4 months ago

The platypus has a sixth sense — it picks up signals invisible to everyone else. That's what good economics gives you. The promise: See clearly in murky waters.

Justin Wolfers4 months ago

What you'll get: 📺 YouTube — what's actually going on in the economy ✍️ Substack — short essays, the news through an economist's lens 🎙️ A podcast — thinking out loud, together, in an Aussie accent Start here:

Justin Wolfers4 months ago

If economics has ever felt out of reach, or out of step, or out of fashion — this is for you. Watch, listen, read — whichever screen you're on. I'd love to have you along. Subscribe at Let's get curious. Together.

Stacey Vanek Smith4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Go Justin go! Platypi of the world, unite!

John Adams4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Good luck mate, hope it goes gangbusters

Indygrl764 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Professor Wolfers! I am using these videos in my college course to help undergrads understand about how the economy works and politics matters. Love the non-partisan approach-- thank you! Keep it up!

Ray Schrijvers 🇨🇦4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Thank you Justin!

James lipson4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Looking forward to it. Go Blue too.

Jeffcafe, private detective4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Looking forward to it. Economists have taken a reputation beating these past few years, hopefully this can help rehabilitate the field.

Ann Ducommun4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon ❤️❤️❤️

jim4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Very cool! Economics is becoming a must-read for working classes. Thank you.

⌨️ johan4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon congrats

Joanne Tarhan4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Perfect! Looking forward to learning from you!

Ben Grodeck🔸4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Hell yeah! Love this Justin.

Mike4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon 'sup, Economics.

#1 econ101 s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ graduate4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon I love econ101 online

Dr Gerard Hammond4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Please critique Australia every now and then!

fiat money4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Why do economists get economic wrong? You compared government bonds to cocaine yesterday

Julia M. Chismar4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon LOVE IT!

erinnyc JD ☭ ♥️🇷🇺🇵🇸🕊4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Economics or capitalism? Most economics courses only include capitalism as if capitalism is the only economic structure. Of course, that is a lie.

AnitaJo4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon love the Platypus idea could you also do one called ManateeEcon??? :) #ThankYou

K 🌊 NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE!4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Why do you only follow the WSJ? I am a new follower on PlatypusEcon.

Red MMT4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon "It belongs to everyone". Economists are among the most arrogant & harmful professionals and make a huge effort to kill any sort of pluralism within.

Egbert Aethelbald4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Hey remember that time you tried to cancel Harald Uhlig because you got sucked into an irrational social hysteria, and you never did any soul searching about your lapse in judgement?

Cate Louise3 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Very impressive!🙌❤

Josh Merfeld4 months ago

@jgershman @PlatypusEcon You’re such a monotreme

R. Chris Schultz2 months ago

@PlatypusEcon USA Public sector % of GDP =32%, CANADA 42. GERMANY 48, DENMARK FRANCE 56. RUSSIA CHINA 40 ? .

Rand Taylor4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon I .. for years… thought people working in the economics were merely “bean counters”. They are also detectives!

Jorge Larangeira2 months ago

@PlatypusEcon On Charlie Sykes, Justin Wolfers claims “Pelé never faced Europeans”. Is he insane? Pelé won two out three World Cups defeating Europeans in the finals (Sweden 1958, Italy 1970). Not to mention that his team, Santos, routinely steamrolled European powerhouses while touring.

🦩IMSiegfried4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Thank you!

MacroTourist4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon great idea, let's start with some light fare: if China can issue USD bonds settling in Dubai, why can't the ECB (or BoJ, BoE, SNB) create USD (and needs access to Fed's swap lines)?

1st Roboeconomist, End Profit Maxing!4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Economics is the art of predicting the past..

Steven Teasdale4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Why are you charging so much money to subscribe to this?

Justin Wolfers4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon *Everything* is in front of the paywall. The price is $0. Folks can chip in by subscribing if they want to support our work.

Steven Teasdale4 months ago

@PlatypusEcon Im happy to hear this! Sorry about the confusion.

𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖24 days ago

@PlatypusEcon I took Economics in University

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