Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order>>> ... the productivity of classical music performance has not increased Maybe it has, or maybe wages are not the same, or it's not really the same product. I'm a jazz musician, and my gig pay has stayed steady at about $100/night for 40 years, though my skill has improved. A lot of people who would have been classical musicians during the classical period are now working as church musicians for peanuts, or playing for free. Musicians playing in front…
"they pointed out that the same number of musicians is needed to play a Beethoven string quartet today as was needed in the 19th century; the productivity of classical music performance has not increased. On the other hand, the real wages of musicians (as in all other professions) have increased greatly since the 19th century" This seems painfully naive to the point of farce. Do they really believe the value of playing music is derived solely from the effort to…
I don't see how the linked article supports your editorializing in the headline.
Is there an inverse or related phenomena where the productivity increases, but salaries don't rise in response? That would be a more prevalent problem in our current economy.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 262
- Total comments
- 176
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-02 | Baumol's Cost Disease: Why Artists are Always Poor | mnemonicsloth | 39 | 14 |
| 2015-01-11 | Baumol's Cost Disease | _pius | 4 | 0 |
| 2015-04-22 | Baumo's Cost Disease | duck | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-12-20 | Baumol's cost disease | alexis-d | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-12-22 | Cost Disease | 11thEarlOfMar | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-10-10 | Baumol's Cost Disease | dforrestwilson1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019-07-15 | Baumol EffectFirst breakout | simonebrunozzi | 91 | 62 |
| 2020-10-17 | Baumol EffectBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | dedalus | 123 | 99 |