Top all-time · #12558
Chris Beiser
Personal blog · gravitylobby.clubpoliticseconomics
Chris Beiser writes Gravity Lobby, a personal blog at gravitylobby.club about politics and economics. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Becoming the Trashcan of Ideology”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Chris Beiser's essay on Georgism, the idea of taxing the unimproved value of land. It is valued for framing Georgism as an attempt to unchain capital from land rather than from labor.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
This is the home of certain thoughts from Chris Beiser.
Most-linked posts?
- Becoming the Trashcan of Ideology4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-02-11
What Hacker News says?
A great essay on Georgism: “Georgism is an accelerationism, as it attempts to unchain capital—not from the restraints of humanity, but those of land, which eats cake in the stands as it watches capital and labor fight over crumbs.” https://gravitylobby.club/trashcan.html
Comment linking /trashcan.html
on “Georgism”Submitted The Gordian Knot in Housing Politics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis is about Georgism (taxation of the unimproved value of land) but I think it is worth a read nevertheless: https://gravitylobby.club/trashcan.html
Comment linking /trashcan.html
on “Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling Neighborhoods”Submitted Becoming the Trashcan of Ideology as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming the Trashcan of Ideology as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Administration Markets as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
