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Economic Forces
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Economic Forces is a personal blog at economicforces.xyz about economics. Since 2023, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Why does the state have a monopoly on money?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this economics blog for posts on VAT and trade, such as why VAT does not alter the level playing field for imports and exports, and on greedflation and corporate profits.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Why does the state have a monopoly on money?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-20
- /p/stop-saying-a-value-added-tax-is2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-03
What Hacker News says?
Good write up here https://www.economicforces.xyz/p/stop-saying-a-value-added-t... about how VAT doesn't alter the levelness of the playing field re imports and exports
Comment linking /p/stop-saying-a-value-added-tax-is
on “US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU”Submitted High tariffs didn't make the U.S. rich in the 19th century. They won't this time as a story · 28 points
HN discussionNo, you are simply incorrect, a VAT system does not make it harder for US companies to compete. It's explained well here: https://www.economicforces.xyz/p/stop-saying-a-value-added-t... For those who don't follow the link, here's an extract from the article explaining the core situation: Imagine a car that costs $30,000 to produce before tax. Now compare four scenarios: 1) BMW sells the car in Germany (domestic sale…
Comment linking /p/stop-saying-a-value-added-tax-is
on “US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU”Submitted Why does the state have a monopoly on money? as a story · 14 points
HN discussionBusinesses are always greedy. The fact corporate profits are up is an effect of inflation, not a cause. A good essay on the topic is: https://www.economicforces.xyz/p/greedflation-lets-try-this-...
Comment linking /p/greedflation-lets-try-this-again
on “IMF: Largest driver of EU inflation is corporate profits”Submitted Econ 101 is wrong about tariffs as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Does the State Have a Monopoly on Money? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The invisible hand screws up your regression as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted GDP Still Wins as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Robert Hall, Optimal Money, and the Nobel Prize as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Price Theory. RIP? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Dollar Dominance Good for the U.S.? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Europe's Rigid Labour Markets Are an Economic Death Sentence as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Peter Howitt's Other Work as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Should Wendy's Introduce Surge Pricing? as a story · 1 points
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