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Econ End of Year Extravaganza Part 2: Selecting the top post of the year We have our top post of Q4 in, so let's select the top ~econ post of 2025. Each of these posts have been awarded 41,833 sats for being the best of their quarter. Please read these great posts and vote on which should rank as the top post of the year. # Q1 Top Post [Bitcoin and (Monetary) Economics—Properly (Bitcoin Policy Institute)](https://stacker.news/items/889571/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan A breakdown of three economists' thoughts about bitcoin and monetary economics. # Q2 Top Post [Who Are the Companies Hoarding Bitcoin? (Financial Times, Philip Stafford)](https://stacker.news/items/1011075/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan Continuing his saga of trying to understand bitcoin treasury companies, Den finds a piece that he has relatively few disagreements with. # Q3 Top Post [Pleb Economist #8: What game theory can teach us about Bitcoin and self-custody](https://stacker.news/items/1030571/r/Undisciplined) by @SimpleStacker Some neat game theory about how the existence of self-custody keeps custodians (more) honest, even if no one is choosing to self-custody. # Q4 Top Post [MONEY CLASS OF THE DAY: Money Illusion and Unit Bias, Bitcoiner style](https://stacker.news/items/1264166/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan Den's stated mission is to make us all less stupid when it comes to understanding money. Here he explains that fiat sucking as a store of value doesn't imply that it is failing as a medium of exchange.
Spurs stop OKC | Thinking Basketball Basically, Wemby camps out on defense around the free throw line, which takes away SGA's favorite shot and the Thunder haven't found a consistent answer for it. Caruso ends up with as many wide open 3's as he wants and hasn't been able to punish them. I don't think Giannis or AD would specifically help with this. They might need a dangerous 3-and-D guy instead, like Trey Murphy or even Kawhi (if Kawhi's contract makes sense for them and he's willing to fit in).
Econ End-of-Year Extravaganza Part 1: Top post of Q4 + posts of the month awards It's time to divide up the 502k sats ~econ netted to our top contributors. That's going to start with 13,944 sats zapped to each of the top posts of the month (listed below). We also need to choose the top post of Q4 from the last three posts of the month and any bonus posts I deem worthy of inclusion. # Q4 Top Post Candidates 1. December Top Post: [RIP #10: What makes a good post? +Long form content is increasing on SN](https://stacker.news/items/1313515/r/Undisciplined) by @SimpleStacker 2. November Top Post: [~Econ Forever!](https://stacker.news/items/1285108/r/Undisciplined) by @Undisciplined 3. October Top Post: [MONEY CLASS OF THE DAY: Money Illusion and Unit Bias, Bitcoiner style](https://stacker.news/items/1264166/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan 4. Bonus Choice: [The AI Race Isn't About Chips, It's About Power](https://stacker.news/items/1264689/r/Undisciplined) Please select your choice for top post of Q4 in the poll. # Other Top Posts of the Month 1. January: [California Wild Fires: Perspective of a Native Californian](https://stacker.news/items/848838/r/Undisciplined) by @kepford 2. February: [Bitcoin and (Monetary) Economics—Properly (Bitcoin Policy Institute)](https://stacker.news/items/889571/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan 3. March: [The Pleb Economist #5: Shitcoins are part of Bitcoin's Gartner Hype Cycle](https://stacker.news/items/909279/r/Undisciplined) by @SimpleStacker 4. April: [Pleb Economist #6: Analysis of Trump's Reciprocal Tariff Calculations](https://stacker.news/items/937463/r/Undisciplined) by @SimpleStacker 5. May: [MONEY CLASS OF THE DAY: Market Efficiency: You Come Into MYYYYY HOUSE?!}(https://stacker.news/items/971152/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan 6. June: [Who Are the Companies Hoarding Bitcoin? (Financial Times, Philip Stafford)](https://stacker.news/items/1011075/r/Undisciplined) by @denlillaapan 7. July: [Pleb Economist #8: What game theory can teach us about Bitcoin and self-custody](https://stacker.news/items/1030571/r/Undisciplined) by @SimpleStacker 8. August: [$83 Billion Wasted: Showing Up At The Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight](https://stacker.news/items/1065775/r/Undisciplined) from @Scoresby 9. September: [Stacker News Takes Over TABCONF 7](https://stacker.news/items/1220292/r/Undisciplined) by @BlokchainB Check out any of these posts you may have missed. We'll select the top post of the year next, once this poll concludes.
How Big Business Helped Build Leviathan https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-big-business-helped-build-leviathan By George Ford Smith > Most academic historians claim that big businesses in the US were economy-choking monopolies at the end of the 19th century, and that government was needed to enforce competition. In reality, the government and businesses joined forces to promote monopolies.
Why Congress Is Seriously Investigating UFOs > Recent observations of exoplanet K2-18b have revealed compelling evidence for potential life beyond Earth. This discovery raises profound questions: Are there intelligent beings elsewhere in the cosmos? Could they have already visited our planet? In this video, we’re digging into the evidence, examining UFO (or UAP) sightings and investigating whether the Pentagon is concealing evidence from the public. I thought this was a pretty good breakdown from an openminded mainstream channel.
Trump’s Tariffs Run the Whiskey River Dry https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-tariffs-run-whiskey-river-dry By Douglas E. French > Jim Beam has been making whiskey for a long time, through thick and thin. But the Trump tariffs have shut down the venerable distillery.
The Continental Bait-and-Switch https://mises.org/mises-wire/continental-bait-and-switch By Joshua Mawhorter > The Continentals and other paper monies only temporarily retained some value largely because of an initial promise of future redemption in gold and silver—a monetary “bait-and-switch.”
TGIF: "Due Process" under Anarcho-Capitalism | The Libertarian Institute > Libertarian advocates of minimal government, such as the late Robert Nozick (Anarchy, State, and Utopia, 1974), have feared that individuals in a stateless libertarian society would face corrupt or careless protection firms that used “risky” rights-enforcement procedures to determine guilt or liability. Innocent people might be held responsible for offenses they did not commit, while guilty individuals avoid paying restitution to their victims. Obviously, that would be undesirable. > Without a minimal monopoly state to prohibit such abuse and protect “procedural rights,” how could innocent people pursue their happiness securely? Nozick speculated that in an anarcho-capitalist society, a protection agency using reliable procedures would emerge as dominant, preempt risky competitors (while compensating them for putting them out of business), and eventually become a monopoly minimal government. All this would happen through a nonaggressive invisible-hand process. Nozick’s innovative theory drew critiques from the biggest names in the libertarian anarchist world, especially Murray Rothbard, Roy A. Childs Jr., and Randy Barnett. (See the Journal of Libertarian Studies 1, No. 1, Winter 1977).
Every NFL Team’s WORST Mistake! (Last Five Years) I'm very curious how he'll narrow it down for some of us. I'll be taking notes as I watch, so I can share some select franchises' mistakes. **Cardinals**: Extending Kingsbury and Keim **Bills**: Von Miller @ $120M for 6 **Cowboys**: Parsons trade **Texans**: Trading Hopkins for a 2nd rounder **Raiders**: Josh McDaniels **Chargers**: $82.5M for J.C. Jackson (or just hiring Staley in the first place) **Rams**: WR Allen Robinson (not much to choose from) **Vikings**: Entire '22 draft **Giants**: Danny Dimes contract extension **Jets**: Drafting Zach Wilson **49ers**: Trading three 1st round picks for Trey Lance
Trump Ignores Sound Economics at His Peril - And Ours https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-ignores-sound-economics-his-peril-and-ours By Connor O’Keeffe > Like his predecessor, President Trump unsuccessfully tries to convince Americans that their economic pain isn’t real, but Americans know the difference.
The NBA is letting offenses do whatever they want From Thinking Basketball > Why are offenses more efficient than ever? This video is about the 2026 NBA officiating style, and how offenses are pushing the boundaries of the rules further than ever, handicapping defenses in the process. Is a balance between offensive and defensive rules even important? Ben continues doing the lord's work documenting the disgusting state of modern officiating. More than any of the previous videos, this one hits on my main pet-peeves. I still can't, for the life of me, understand why this garbage is allowed. Everyone seems to hate it and it's extremely obvious.
Why Are Houses So Expensive? It's Deliberate Government Policy https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-are-houses-so-expensive-its-deliberate-government-policy By Ryan McMaken > High prices are not the “unintended consequence” of good intentions. ![](https://m.stacker.news/123477) ![](https://m.stacker.news/123478) I wonder if homeowners will get rugged once Boomers have less political power than the Zoomers. I'm guessing not, because localities also count on high property values for tax revenue, so the pressure will always be upwards.
Penultimate NFL Cross Off Two weeks left. Two more teams that won't make the playoffs. If the Bucs can get it together, we just might have a perfect opening season. So, who is the remaining team that will definitely miss the playoffs? # Crossed Off 1. Saints 2. Dolphins 3. Titans 4. Jets 5. Raiders 6. Browns 7. Cards 8. Giants 9. Commies 10. Cowboys 11. Falcons 12. Vikings 13. Bengals 14. Panthers 15. Chiefs 16. Colts
Financial Bubbles: How they Make Us Poorer https://mises.org/mises-wire/financial-bubbles-how-they-make-us-poorer By Frank Shostak > Financial bubbles, which used to be rare, have become a way of life, thanks to a quarter century of easy money policies from the Federal Reserve System. We need to better understand how bubbles form and why they are so harmful. ![](https://m.stacker.news/123425) ![](https://m.stacker.news/123426) ![](https://m.stacker.news/123427) ![](https://m.stacker.news/123428)