I hope something like this is true. Unfortunately people sometimes want outcomes beyond economically rational ones and sometimes things spiral out of the realm economic games even when participants don’t intend it ☹️
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Replying to @CharlesFLehman and @mattyglesias
Would be hilarious if Russia covertly put giant levered shorts in energy markets and then suddenly withdrew all their troops.
Back of the envelope they probably could net a pretty substantial fraction of GDP that way?

