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Essays and writing about economics and business

Every link here is classified as essays and writing about economics and business.

Hall of Fame
29
Candidates
45
Median span
5.3 yrs

observed on HN

First seen
2007

oldest HN appearance

Strongest Hall records

29 items

Recently resurfaced

latest 20+ point return

Candidates

Browse 45 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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Suspicious Discontinuities
danluu.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-03-20
Needs:5 submissions
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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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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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