# @EconChrisClarke: X profile (context) Hub: [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/@EconChrisClarke|@EconChrisClarke]] · Lists: [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/Chronological List|chronological]] · [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/Topical List|topical]] · Topic: [[Topics/Economic Freedom and Prosperity/Economic Freedom and Prosperity|Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · Index: [[X Research]] > [!info] Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > No posts between @EconChrisClarke and @marshallpittman were found in either direction (full-archive X search, Nov 3, 2026). Marshall bookmarked this post into "summarize". ## Identity - **Name:** Christopher Clarke (@EconChrisClarke), Pullman, WA - **Bio (verbatim):** ""D1 Yapper but in a good way" - Rate my professor Econ Videos Assistant Professor (career-track) at @WSUPullman @WSUecons" - **Joined:** Sep 2014 · **Verification:** none - Christopher Clarke, a career-track assistant professor of economics at Washington State University (Pullman, WA), by his bio. 8.8K followers. Posts charts on poverty, growth, housing and policy. ## Stats (X API, Nov 3, 2026, about 8:30 PM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Media | Likes given | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 8,796 | 993 | 4,304 | 101 | 1,099 | 12,265 | ## What they post about Sample: 26 items (24 replies, 1 quote, 1 post), Nov 2, 2026, 12:59 PM CT to Nov 3, 2026, 7:50 PM CT. Themes come from keyword rules, so treat them as approximate. | Theme | Items | Likes | Views | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Poverty and inequality | 9 | 4,905 | 407,200 | | Other | 17 | 256 | 4,336 | ### Top posts in the sample (by likes; reposts excluded) | Date (CT) | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes / views | |---|---|---| | [Nov 2, 2026, 12:59 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117330701280575867) | 1. More billionaires are associated with less poverty. 2. Increasing billionaires per capita by ten fold lowers poverty by 43 percentage poi… | 4,740 / 403,858 | | [Nov 3, 2026, 12:33 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117505340409553050) | @michaelmezz Ah, yes, South Korea and Poland, the great historical colonizers.… | 206 / 2,159 | | [Nov 3, 2026, 10:44 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117659237904203867) | More billionaires is associated with lower poverty. Even communist-party-run China has billionaires now. Since opening their economy in 1980… | 133 / 2,791 | ## Fact-check scorecard | Posted (CT) | Post | Verdict | |---|---|---| | Mon Nov 2, 2026, 12:59 PM CST | [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - EconChrisClarke on Billionaires and Poverty (2026-11-02)|billionaires per capita vs poverty]] | ✅ The numbers match his own chart (slope −43.3 points per tenfold rise, R² 0.58, n = 64); it is a cross-country correlation, and he says so | ## Assessment for source reliability An academic economist who posts data charts with sources and fit statistics. His numbers were reproducible from his chart; watch for causal wording on correlational charts. ## Gaps - The sample covers only the most recent posts returned by the X API (about two pages); older history was not read. - Likes by Marshall can't be checked through the API.