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Matthew E. Kahn
Personal blog · matthewekahn.substack.comeconomicspolitics
Matthew E. Kahn writes Environmental and Urban Economics, a personal blog at matthewekahn.substack.com about economics and politics. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post on what role regulation played in economic outcomes, judging by its URL. The only comment is a bare link used to rebut a claim about China's manufacturing rise.
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.
The microeconomic perspective on daily events. Click to read Environmental and Urban Economics, by Matthew E. Kahn,
What Hacker News says?
> Right now the PRC is looking like the adult in the room Only if you ignore history. Didn't the PRC violate every known labor/enviromnetal/human-rights standard to become the top in manufacturing? https://matthewekahn.substack.com/p/what-role-did-regulation...
Comment linking /p/what-role-did-regulations-play-in
on “Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrails”Submitted How Will We Adapt as Red States Reduce Their Supply of New Housing? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creepy Insurers? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion