Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @alanbeattie
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
25
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-12
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-22
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
The US government has filed a statement of interest in a case testing the scope of government use of patents for COVID-19 vaccines. Twitter users also discussed a Green Investment Bank, investment subsidies, and the English plural form of "referendum". They also debated the correct dialect to use and the role of economists in advocating for the best solutions.
Topic Modeling
- Patent law and COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Green investment and government spending
- Labour market policy
- Language and grammar
- Economic solutions and policy advocacy
Emotional Analysis
The tweets in this text are focused on a variety of topics, including government use of patents for COVID-19 vaccines, investment policies, language usage and pluralization, and economic solutions. The emotions expressed in the tweets are largely neutral, although some have hints of frustration or humor. The tweets are generally informative and conversational, rather than emotional or argumentative.
Trend Analysis
- US government's involvement in COVID-19 vaccine patents and distribution
- Discussion and debate on investment subsidies and state-guided investment
- Criticism and humor regarding grammar and language use
- Request for solutions and advocacy for better economic approaches
- General discussions and mentions of economic policymakers and organizations
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
6
Percentage of total tweets
24%
Number of Original tweets
2
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
25
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
17
Percentage of total tweets
68%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
0
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
1
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 10 |
Twitter Web App | 9 |
TweetDeck | 3 |
Twitter for Android | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
BaldwinRE | Richard Baldwin | Prof Int'l Econ, Geneva Graduate Institute; Founder & Editor-in-Chief @VoxEU; Books: The Globotics Upheaval (2019), The Great Convergence (2016); MIT Econ PhD | 39,310 |
charlesjkenny | Charles Kenny | Senior Fellow, CGD, author: Life, Liberty & Utility; Getting Better; The Upside of Down; & The Plague Cycle. Tweets are personal opinions. | 25,170 |
david_colquhoun | David Colquhoun 🇺🇦 💙 | Biophysicist, statistician. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes pseudoscience. @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social and https://t.co/twCL8qEzCA… | 15,738 |
matthewlesh | Matthew Lesh | Head of Public Policy, @iealondon. Columnist, @CityAM. Adjunct Fellow, @TheIPA. Fellow, @ASI & @theRSAorg. Author, https://t.co/r9rMd4omnz. | 12,920 |
Lucian_Cernat | Lucian Cernat | Head of #RegCo and #Procurement Negotiations. DG TRADE. #tradeXpresso. #Mode5. #GVCs4LDCs. #MRAs. Ex ChiefTradeEconomist. Opinions personal. | 6,337 |
ThiruGeneva | Balasubramaniam | - | 5,622 |
hegec4 | Heidi Carman🇱🇻 | #RightMatters #Resist #TheResistance #BLM #LGBTQ #FBR #BlockedByChiefCovfefe #ScienceNotSilence #FamiliesBelongTogether | 3,625 |
BrokenBanker | BionicBanker | Equities, ETFs, FX, Rates trader/investor. If I tweet it, I mean it, except when I don't. You be the judge. @brokenbanker@mastodonapp.uk if you're looking there | 2,325 |
NigelSarbutts | Nigel Sarbutts | Founder of @ThePRCavalry - freelance PR/employer matchmaking. This is personal - PR, politics, movies, feeble jokes that get no likes. Bores ignored. | 2,084 |
KnoxTony | Tony Knox | Worked Belfast, Afghanistan, Nicaragua. Ex BBC producer, ex producer/director South Bank Show & stuff on Ch4. @TKnox@mastodon.ie Like/rt ≠ support. | 1,615 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
hegec4 | Heidi Carman🇱🇻 | #RightMatters #Resist #TheResistance #BLM #LGBTQ #FBR #BlockedByChiefCovfefe #ScienceNotSilence #FamiliesBelongTogether | 4,869 |
matthewlesh | Matthew Lesh | Head of Public Policy, @iealondon. Columnist, @CityAM. Adjunct Fellow, @TheIPA. Fellow, @ASI & @theRSAorg. Author, https://t.co/r9rMd4omnz. | 3,589 |
david_colquhoun | David Colquhoun 🇺🇦 💙 | Biophysicist, statistician. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes pseudoscience. @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social and https://t.co/twCL8qEzCA… | 3,192 |
KnoxTony | Tony Knox | Worked Belfast, Afghanistan, Nicaragua. Ex BBC producer, ex producer/director South Bank Show & stuff on Ch4. @TKnox@mastodon.ie Like/rt ≠ support. | 2,843 |
Lucian_Cernat | Lucian Cernat | Head of #RegCo and #Procurement Negotiations. DG TRADE. #tradeXpresso. #Mode5. #GVCs4LDCs. #MRAs. Ex ChiefTradeEconomist. Opinions personal. | 2,387 |
SvenHilgers | Sven Hilgers 🇪🇺🇺🇦 | 🇪🇺 | Liberal | Feminist | International Economics & Finance @fnfreiheit | EU & Central Banks @fu_berlin | Stellv. Landesvorsitzender @fdp_berlin | EN/DE | 1,595 |
arnaudhumblot | Arnaud Humblot | PR for @SPGlobalRatings. Tweets on #business #finance #energy #esg. Opinions my own, RT no endorsements. ENG/FR. Auto-delete tweets. | 1,571 |
ThiruGeneva | Balasubramaniam | - | 1,225 |
JaroslawSzepty1 | Jaroslaw Szeptycki | Translator/tradutor/tłumacz🇵🇱🇧🇷✝️ | 1,075 |
BaldwinRE | Richard Baldwin | Prof Int'l Econ, Geneva Graduate Institute; Founder & Editor-in-Chief @VoxEU; Books: The Globotics Upheaval (2019), The Great Convergence (2016); MIT Econ PhD | 947 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
rhardin29556971 | Do what you do. Be who you are. Always leave an impression. Leave the world better than when you entered. Advocate for humanity & equity. Literacy is the key! | 3 |
david_colquhoun | Biophysicist, statistician. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes pseudoscience. @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social and https://t.co/twCL8qEzCA… | 3 |
BrokenBanker | Equities, ETFs, FX, Rates trader/investor. If I tweet it, I mean it, except when I don't. You be the judge. @brokenbanker@mastodonapp.uk if you're looking there | 2 |
BaldwinRE | Prof Int'l Econ, Geneva Graduate Institute; Founder & Editor-in-Chief @VoxEU; Books: The Globotics Upheaval (2019), The Great Convergence (2016); MIT Econ PhD | 2 |
bigcolsf | Tech veteran; sailor; music blogger; father of 3; home brewer; expat Scot | 1 |
matthewlesh | Head of Public Policy, @iealondon. Columnist, @CityAM. Adjunct Fellow, @TheIPA. Fellow, @ASI & @theRSAorg. Author, https://t.co/r9rMd4omnz. | 1 |
jlisandro | Tengo razón. | 1 |
hegec4 | #RightMatters #Resist #TheResistance #BLM #LGBTQ #FBR #BlockedByChiefCovfefe #ScienceNotSilence #FamiliesBelongTogether | 1 |
charlesjkenny | Senior Fellow, CGD, author: Life, Liberty & Utility; Getting Better; The Upside of Down; & The Plague Cycle. Tweets are personal opinions. | 1 |
billwells_1 | Born in Poplar. Relied much more on Chrisp Street Market than Poplar Borough Council. | 1 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1628366397909745667 | @alanbeattie @henrymance Perhaps they meant "We will spend less on fruit & veg after Brexit" | 0 |
1625889955582033925 | @alanbeattie @lionelbarber or "a criteria"? | 0 |
1624706408548540416 | @Gilesyb @alanbeattie Think the appropriate phrase is 'state-guided investment'. Not investment subsidies.In labour market policy general acceptance that focus should be on 'Active' Labour Market Policy - Information, Advice & Guidance - not 'Passive' LMPs - state provided funds.See @OECD | 0 |
1624708726841122817 | @matthewlesh @alanbeattie @Gilesyb I for one, would be fascinated to hear these solutions you speak of. in the absence of them being articulated here, however, I feel compelled to agree that reality is messier than micro economic theories. | 0 |
1624718839303880709 | @Gilesyb @matthewlesh @alanbeattie So a Green Investment Bank perchance? Perhaps we could get the old one back if we ask nicely. | 0 |
1624724667981344768 | @alanbeattie @matthewlesh @Gilesyb https://t.co/HmrF5mDRRe | 0 |
1625384275259363329 | _ https://t.co/9G0kYnfgIV @alanbeattie https://t.co/sJ0D6u9mwX | 0 |
1625852257144287234 | @rhiannonlucyc @alanbeattie @lionelbarber Clearly written by a sciolist with no knowledge of why it's AN agenda, nor, presumably, why the plural of "referendum" in English should be "referendums". | 0 |
1625889798253576192 | @alanbeattie @lionelbarber Do you say "a bacteria"? | 0 |
1626303261413371904 | @alanbeattie @lionelbarber I just heard this in More or Less and and apparently it was decided by @MRCOOLSDREAM @FT | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1626406404188692481 | US government files statement of Interest in Arbutus v Moderna case, testing scope of 28 USC 1498(a) government use of patents for acquisition and distribution of COVID 19 vaccineshttps://t.co/w1H2HwMtmD @alanbeattie @natashaloder https://t.co/2Otvh75Tgp | 3 |
1624718839303880709 | @Gilesyb @matthewlesh @alanbeattie So a Green Investment Bank perchance? Perhaps we could get the old one back if we ask nicely. | 1 |
1624724667981344768 | @alanbeattie @matthewlesh @Gilesyb https://t.co/HmrF5mDRRe | 1 |
1628366397909745667 | @alanbeattie @henrymance Perhaps they meant "We will spend less on fruit & veg after Brexit" | 0 |
1625889955582033925 | @alanbeattie @lionelbarber or "a criteria"? | 0 |
1624706408548540416 | @Gilesyb @alanbeattie Think the appropriate phrase is 'state-guided investment'. Not investment subsidies.In labour market policy general acceptance that focus should be on 'Active' Labour Market Policy - Information, Advice & Guidance - not 'Passive' LMPs - state provided funds.See @OECD | 0 |
1624708726841122817 | @matthewlesh @alanbeattie @Gilesyb I for one, would be fascinated to hear these solutions you speak of. in the absence of them being articulated here, however, I feel compelled to agree that reality is messier than micro economic theories. | 0 |
1625384275259363329 | _ https://t.co/9G0kYnfgIV @alanbeattie https://t.co/sJ0D6u9mwX | 0 |
1625852257144287234 | @rhiannonlucyc @alanbeattie @lionelbarber Clearly written by a sciolist with no knowledge of why it's AN agenda, nor, presumably, why the plural of "referendum" in English should be "referendums". | 0 |
1625889798253576192 | @alanbeattie @lionelbarber Do you say "a bacteria"? | 0 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#modesofsupply | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@alanbeattie | 25 |
@lionelbarber | 9 |
@gilesyb | 6 |
@matthewlesh | 4 |
@tradesplaining | 2 |
@tradeeconomista | 2 |
@tradeexperettes | 2 |
@tradereporter | 2 |
@chadbown | 2 |
@soumayakeynes | 2 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
12
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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😭 | 3 | loudly_crying_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
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Smileys & Emotion | 3 |