Darren Quinn | Modern Money Economist/Educator ✓

@AusMMT

Economist in MMT & ecological macro, completing a M. Economics of Sustainability. On a crusade for economic enlightenment, even experts can’t resist my wit.

2 862Followers

553Following

53 482Posts total

6.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views236this account2 557median for under 10K

Reach, %8.26%this account165.97%median for under 10K

Engagement, %5.24%this account1.60%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	236	2 557	0.09×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.26%	165.97%	0.05×
Engagement rate	5.24%	1.60%	3.27×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

5.8K2 Sep

763 Sep

225

248

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

4.25%2 Sep

6.58%3 Sep

6.22%

2.02%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.60%.

What the audience does

Likes54.0%161 in total

Reposts20.5%61 in total

Replies16.1%48 in total

Quotes0.7%2 in total

Bookmarks8.7%26 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@AusMMT "The government doesn't need to tax to fund itself, if can just do that by printing money and then taxing it back so it doesn't create inflation" is not the profound insight you think it is. 248 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AusMMT Paying taxes "creates demand for the currency" as one of its "three main purposes"? By the same logic, paying for necessities like food, clothing, shelter & transportation also creates demand for the currency, so we can surely do without taxes to create demand for the 225 views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AusMMT point 3 is key. we need more taxes to reduce the amount of cash tied up in the hands of the very wealthy, and to reduce taxes on those who spend all they have each month (the poor). 76 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The Purpose of Taxes: Why do we pay taxes? It's not to "fund" government spending. Taxes serve three main purposes: 1. They create demand for the currency. 2. They allow the government to manage inflation by reducing private spending power. 3. They can be used to 5.8K views · 143 likes · 61 reposts · 42 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →