Lars Hostettler

Economist in the making, bibliophile, reader of longreads and books.

[Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley]

Just because you have thoughts everyone disagrees with doesn't make you valuable as a contrarian. You could also just be wrong.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Read our full interview with France's president, on the future of Europe, the status of NATO and President Donald Trump https://t.co/FUEgVYMY9a

[Lars Hostettler @HostettlerLars]

The culture, stupid! https://t.co/5BhSSH2aOS via @FT

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

A Chinese official trolled President Trump by using one of Michelle Obama's lines in response to the trade war https://t.co/4ZWIydBlZn

[Ben Southwood @bswud]

Corruption and sensitive football games... https://t.co/eGRJBZpexr

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

"I left every lecture and every class thinking that I had learned more about trying to be a better human being" https://t.co/Xy0gjSq4zl

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Women are now allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. The Economist's editor, Zanny Minton Beddoes drove through Riyadh. Join her here

[Mitch Benn @MitchBenn]

Remember the bit in 1984 when they reduce the chocolate ration from 20g to 10g a week, and Winston has to change all the archives to make it look like it used to be 5g a week, and the loyal population stage a rally praising Big Brother for increasing the chocolate ration…? https://t.co/jSgKPDZSIH

[Doc Bastard @DocBastard]

1) No they don’t.
2) No they don’t.
3) Yes they can.
4) No, they reduce SIDS by 50%.
5) No they don’t.
6) No they fucking don’t.
7) No they don’t except for fleetingly rare anaphylaxis.
8) No they don’t.
9) No they don’t.

Vaccines cause adults.

[Matt Sheehan @mattsheehan88]

10 years ago today (June 18, 2008) was the first time I ever set foot in China. It's been a wild decade following this country, and to celebrate my 10-year #Chinaversary I'll be tweeting some "then-now" comparisons. Thread:

[tylercowen @tylercowen]

Technology in Kubrick's *2001*, https://t.co/b67eIKPiLL, and why you should see it on a big screen, now.

[Lars Hostettler @HostettlerLars]

Great bits as in every interview with @tylercowen. I especially like his notion of mini mentors - everyone you meet knows something you don't.
https://t.co/XzFOKTBsDj

[tylercowen @tylercowen]

My comments on the Singapore summit and deal, https://t.co/ekMzivj1k4

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

Longtime columnist Charles Krauthammer's cancer has returned and he has weeks left to live. This is his final column. https://t.co/yB0jl4dvUk

[Department of War 🇺🇸 @DeptofWar]

On June 6, 1944, 160,000+ Allied troops landed at #Normandy, a heavily fortified stretch of French coastline to initiate #DDay. More than 10,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, but by day's end, the Allies had begun liberating Europe. #DDay74 #TodayinHistory

[Lars Hostettler @HostettlerLars]

An alternative way to think about automation and the threat for truckers. https://t.co/LKMmJOUKYR

[Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen]

Incredible chart. Take mortality statistics & subtract infectious disease. You see: (a) in the twentieth century we largely defeated infectious disease in the US (arguably the biggest achievement of 20C); and (b) little else we did in medicine affected mortality. via @patrickc

[Lars Hostettler @HostettlerLars]

Economics 101 and the minimum wage https://t.co/yMjM4eNTTY

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Happy 200th birthday, Karl Marx!

[Lars Hostettler @HostettlerLars]

The U.K. can't bet it's future on finance. @Noahpinion prescribes a fix https://t.co/OL014oDRMd via @bopinion