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Ian Hathaway
Personal blog · ianhathaway.org/blogstartupseconomicsdata
Ian Hathaway's personal blog at ianhathaway.org covers startups, economics and data. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “The more of everything problem”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a source for measuring the size of the US tech sector against the wider economy. The one comment cites the post's figure of about 5% of GDP alongside housing statistics.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- The more of everything problem2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-04-23
What Hacker News says?
Housing is a huge component of the US economy. Total value in 2018: $33.3 trillion [1], 1.6x GDP (20.9 trillion) [2]. Tech is about 5% of GDP [3]. [1] https://www.housingwire.com/articles/47847-us-housing-market... [2] https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-gdp-5-latest-statistics-and-h... [3] http://www.ianhathaway.org/blog/2017/5/31/how-big-is-the-tec...
Comment linking /blog/2017/5/31/how-big-is-the-tech-sector
on “SoftBank to invest over $1B in German payment company Wirecard”Submitted Follow Your Ikigai as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The more of everything problem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC mega-rounds obscure improving gender diversification of startup founders as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The J-Curve of Startup Community Transition as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The More of Everything Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The More of Everything Problem as a story · 1 points
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