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Brett Scott

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Brett Scott writes Altered States of Monetary Consciousness, a personal blog at alteredstatesof.money about economics and politics. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Cash, Kisses and Karaoke: Why the War on Covid Must Not Become a War on Cash”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-26, and you can follow it by feed.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2020

Reports from the frontiers of modern money and the future of finance. By Brett Scott

Most-linked posts?

  1. Cash, Kisses and Karaoke: Why the War on Covid Must Not Become a War on Cash
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-03
  2. A linguistic glitch tricks us into thinking bank deposits are deposited in banks
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-07-17
  3. An Emotional Guide to 'Fractional Reserve Banking'
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-15

What Hacker News says?

  1. jpkoning · 2020-07-21

    Submitted A linguistic glitch tricks us into thinking bank deposits are deposited in banks as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  2. Gigamouse · 2026-01-19

    Submitted The Stranger King of Venezuela: The Anthropology of Trump's American Colonialism as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Gigamouse · 2023-07-04

    Submitted How to Write a Flintstones History of Money: Understanding the Myth of Barter as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. bookofjoe · 2023-06-30

    Submitted An Emotional Guide to 'Fractional Reserve Banking' as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Gigamouse · 2020-07-31

    Submitted Retailers are promoting unscientific anti-cash propaganda. Banks are loving it as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Gigamouse · 2020-07-17

    Submitted A linguistic glitch tricks us into believing deposits are deposited in banks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Gigamouse · 2020-06-03

    Submitted Cash, Kisses and Karaoke: Why the War on Covid Must Not Become a War on Cash as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Gigamouse · 2024-01-23

    Submitted Zero Is the Future of Money as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Gigamouse · 2023-08-28

    Submitted MMT is a language of Ents, not Squirrels as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Gigamouse · 2023-03-15

    Submitted An Emotional Guide to 'Fractional Reserve Banking' as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. scyclow · 2021-12-21

    Submitted Shell Money isn't commodity currency. It's cere-money as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Gigamouse · 2021-03-02

    Submitted The Anthropologist in an Economist World as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. jpkoning · 2020-06-04

    Submitted Cash, Kisses and Karaoke: Why the War on Covid Must Not Become a War on Cash as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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