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Will Wilkinson
Personal blog · willwilkinson.netpoliticseconomics
Will Wilkinson's personal blog at willwilkinson.net covers politics and economics. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Will Wilkinson's flybottle posts for market-minded commentary on policy, including health reform, urban farming and state-level self-reported happiness data.
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.
What Hacker News says?
The most sensible package of market- and technology-friendly health reforms I've seen proposed: http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/19/health-car... In particular, it doesn't call things 'insurance' that are not insurance, and faces the reality that some people are going to be charity cases, and that society will (one way or another) ration the care that goes to charity cases. The house bill hides difficu…
Comment linking /flybottle/2006/03/19/health-care-fantasia/
on “The House Passed the Health Bill”Submitted Libertarian democraphobia as a story · 6 points
HN discussionCounterpoint; Will Wilkinson on urban farming: http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/07/08/urban-farm...
Comment linking /flybottle/2009/07/08/urban-farming/
on “How much food can you really grow in a city? You’d be surprised.”Submitted Equal Chances for Equal Talent as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSome additional snarky commentary on the Utah results: http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/10/united-sta...
Comment linking /flybottle/2009/03/10/united-states-of-happiness/?disqus_reply=7110319
on “Self-reported Happiness by State”
