Lawrence H. White

@lawrencehwhite1 · Fairfax, VA · joined 14 Nov 2014

Studying private currencies since before they became cool. Prof of Economics at George Mason U. Latest book = Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin? (2023).

14 330Followers

226Following

6 790Posts total

90.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views4 505this account1 005median for 10K–100K

Reach, %31.44%this account3.31%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.56%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 505	1 005	4.48×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	31.44%	3.31%	9.50×
Engagement rate	1.56%	2.01%	0.77×

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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

63.4K20 Aug

4.5K24 Aug

21.5K4 Sep

3875 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.53%20 Aug

2.06%24 Aug

2.51%4 Sep

0.52%5 Sep

1.56%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes68.7%738 in total

Reposts10.5%113 in total

Replies11.1%119 in total

Quotes1.8%19 in total

Bookmarks8.0%86 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

Apparently the creditworthiness of the US federal govt depends on the August employment numbers but not at all on the size of the federal debt (since the debt isn’t mentioned). 1K views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

And labor is nearly worthless without tools or materials. 387 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Private property is worthless without labor. A factory without workers is just a building. A tractor without a farmer is just metal. Capitalists don’t create value, they extract value created by workers. Ownership isn’t about things. It’s about control over the survival of others 21.5K views · 363 likes · 74 reposts · 92 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

If the US shuts off trade with every country that trades with Iran, then the attempt to impoverish Iran will end up impoverishing the US. 4.5K views · 73 likes · 11 reposts · 7 replies 24 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

I wish I were still teaching macro, so I could put Trump’s statement on an exam, with the prompt: “Explain why Trump’s statement is inconsistent with standard neoclassical interest rate theory.” 63.4K views · 285 likes · 28 reposts · 19 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Almost everyone talking about the #coronavirus is displaying strong confirmation bias. Which only goes to prove what I’ve always said. 0 views · 684 likes · 137 reposts · 34 replies 29 Mar 2020 · Open on X →