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Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan Justin Wolfers tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what the unprecedented $1 trillion pay deal Elon Musk has agreed actually… Elon Musk 'worse for Tesla than any other CEO' after $1 trillion deal | Justin Wolfers

There's a little bit of economics underlying Musk's trillion dollar payday. Let's try to make sense of it all by serving up a main course of the Economics of Superstars, with a side of Principal -Agent problems, and a healthy helping of Political Economy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWxM...

this is essentially the argument that was made (successfully) by the plaintiffs in the lower courts

Basically no one votes on this issue other than a rounding error of people in deep blue states

Hand this man a trillion dollars immediately.

Didn’t they already demonstrate it on jay leno’s show like 5-7 years ago?

Richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to

A lot has happened this year but I feel like we should always remind people that this happened followed by him deciding to starve the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to.

We probably shouldn’t forget about this

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

He’s getting old, sad

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Any word from “free speech warriors” like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Elon Musk on this travesty?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Maybe that’s why musk hates his plane being tracked

Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents The House Oversight Committee is continuing to release redacted materials in its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Elon Musk went to Pedophile Island

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:

They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.

DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

We could have avoided all of this

Watergate was in the early 70s, don’t expect the population born after 1995 to know what that is

If people would just unsubscribe from their D+ on mass for a month or two they’d get the message real quick

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

Somebody is clearly worried about being the next target

Elon Musk lies, whether he's trying to get a storm sewer contract in Houston or start a race riot in the UK. It's just what he does.

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.

A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform.

Meta deleted the evidence.

New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Or everyone will go along with it and it’s just another step in displacing democratic institutions

sam altman tweet: i never took the dead internet theory that seriously but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM-run twitter accounts now

These guys are simply not smart.

Attempting to concentrate both fiscal and monetary policy in the hands of the executive (who is already the head of the military) is basically the end point of authoritarian rule

At this point, Bessent is just reminding us all about the zimbardo prison experiment

"You tell your fuckin' board we want TEN PERCENT of your company."

Me and a buddy would regularly sneak in a full 26 oz bottle of rye and usually polish it off before the movie ended