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Essays & articles about Economics & business

Every link here is both an essay or article and about economics & business.

Hall of Fame
25
Candidates
38
Median span
6.5 yrs

observed on HN

First seen
2007

oldest HN appearance

Strongest Hall records

25 items

Recently resurfaced

latest 20+ point return

Candidates

Browse 38 candidates
How to pick startup ideas
www.defmacro.org 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2016-11-07
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Japan's Hometown Tax
www.kalzumeus.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.9 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-09-18
Needs:5 submissions
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DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage (2020)
www.readmargins.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-06-27
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Suspicious Discontinuities
danluu.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-03-20
Needs:5 submissions
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I Sell Onions on the Internet
www.deepsouthventures.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.7 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2022-07-11
Needs:5 submissions
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What's SAP?
retool.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 2.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2022-09-09
Needs:5 submissions
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My product is my garden
herman.bearblog.dev 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.8 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-04-29
Needs:5 submissions
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Why Figma Wins
kwokchain.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.2 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2021-09-20
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Stuff (2007)
www.paulgraham.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 15.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2013-01-15
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Giving a shit as a service
allenpike.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.9 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-10-29
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Why I did not go to jail (2014)
a16z.com 3 submissions · 2 people · 4.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2021-03-08
Needs:5 submissions3 submitters
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Not for sale
milk.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 11.5 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-07-23
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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The Shut-In Economy
medium.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 5.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2017-03-07
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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My Startup Banking Story
mitchellh.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.5 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-08-28
Needs:5 submissions3 active years
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The $4 Million Complaint Call
www.inc.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.4 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2013-08-06
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Employee Equity
blog.samaltman.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.4 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2015-11-27
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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How to detect a toxic customer
www.softwarebyrob.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2012-11-09
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Watch a VC use my name to sell a con
www.jwz.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.9 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2013-06-03
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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It all began with a strange email
blogs.valvesoftware.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2015-02-10
Needs:5 submissions3 active years
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The Stanford Startup and the MIT Startup
fpgacomputing.blogspot.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 10.5 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-21
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 active years
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Fuck You Startup World (2016)
medium.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.8 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-09-16
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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