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Andrew McAfee
Personal blog · geekway.substack.combusinesseconomics
Andrew McAfee writes The Geek Way, a personal blog at geekway.substack.com about business and economics. Since 2024, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “A Visualization of Europe's Non-Bubbly Economy”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment, which uses an analogy to the Soviet Union to criticise EU tech and labour regulation. It does not assess the writing itself, so the posts appear to cover EU policy and European tech.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Wonder how some companies are able to do it all? So do I.
Most-linked posts?
- A Visualization of Europe's Non-Bubbly Economy3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-12-02
- The Robots Won't Cause Unemployment This Time, Either2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-30
What Hacker News says?
The EU is of course much more market-based than the Soviet Union, but the analogy is not totally without merit. Legislation like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the Forestry Regulation, as well as heavy tax burdens and expansive restrictions on contracting freedom in the labor sector, have resulted in a situation where no EU company founde…
Comment linking /p/a-visualization-of-europes-non-bubbly
on “Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?”Submitted A Visualization of Europe's Non-Bubbly Economy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Visualization of Europe's Non-Bubbly Economy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Robots Won't Cause Unemployment This Time, Either as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Robots Won't Cause Unemployment This Time, Either as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jack Welch's Theory of Leadership: A Model for Failure in the 21st Century as a story · 1 points
HN discussion