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Abi Olvera
Personal blog · abio.substack.comeconomicspolitics
Abi Olvera writes Positive Sum, a personal blog at abio.substack.com about economics and politics. Since 2026, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Optimistic takes on why things cost so much, why institutions make mistakes, and what AI is actually changing.
What Hacker News says?
Submitted How to buy a good car for $1000 as a story · 145 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fixable Things That Make Life Harder for the Elderly, the Sick, and the Poor as a story · 51 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cars often keep people poor. Waymo could help as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What an Abundant America Would Feel Like as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan–but our zoning laws [prevent that] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted DC required daycare workers to get degrees. News only talked to those who stayed as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Boring Reason We Don't Have $7 Rideshares as a story · 1 points
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