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.
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HN comment orderCharles Stross has written at least two full-length novels that are, at their core, about interstellar economics: - Neptune's Brood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune%27s_Brood) - Singularity Sky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky)
I believe cstross's book Neptune's Brood is based on ideas from this paper. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/09/crib-she... Which is funny, considering older Krugman's a fan of Stross's other book series The Merchant Princes, which also tries to have a solid economic backbone. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/more-science-fic...
“It should be noted that, while the subject of this paper is silly, the analysis actually does make sense. This paper, then, is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.” Love this paper
"This paper, then, is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics."
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
- 3
- Total points
- 418
- Total comments
- 137
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-13 | Paul Krugman's economic analysis of interstellar trade | rcoder | 6 | 0 |
| 2011-04-09 | The theory of interstellar trade (Krugman 1978) | nkurz | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-01-23 | The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) [pdf]First breakout | dirtyaura | 132 | 57 |
| 2022-01-07 | The Theory of Interstellar Trade (Paper) [pdf] | hkc | 16 | 1 |
| 2023-07-17 | The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) [pdf] | sebg | 4 | 0 |
| 2023-08-16 | Theory of interstellar trade (1978) [pdf]Best thread | mooreds | 157 | 51 |
| 2026-04-20 | The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf]Latest 20+ point return | AFF87 | 101 | 28 |