LibertyPen: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Milton Friedman - The Negative Income Tax", the go-to primary source in basic income threads for Friedman's negative income tax idea.
- 7 HN recommenders 6 months 2012–2022interviewThe go-to primary source in basic income threads for Friedman's negative income tax idea.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2017–2023lectureHN commenters share it in union threads as a concise statement of the free-market economist's case against unions.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2013–2022lectureHN commenters cite it whenever a thread touches on tax complexity, loopholes, or why companies like Intuit benefit from a convoluted tax system.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2011–2016commentaryHN uses it as a reference for Friedman's argument that generous welfare and open immigration are in tension.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2015–2019lectureHN cites it in discussions of occupational licensing and rent-seeking as a libertarian argument.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2011–2017commentaryHN cites it in debates on wealth taxes, inheritance and inequality as Friedman's argument against redistribution.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2011–2019explainerHN uses it as the canonical illustration of decentralized production and global cooperation, often cited well outside economics threads.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2020lectureCited in debates over pay equity law as Friedman's free-market argument on discrimination.
- cited 5× 0 months 2012–2025lectureHN cites it in antitrust and regulation threads as Friedman's take on monopolies, sometimes approvingly and sometimes with skepticism.
Questions
Which LibertyPen video does Hacker News recommend most?
Milton Friedman - The Negative Income Tax: recommended in 6 different months by 7 HN users between 2012 and 2022.
Is this every LibertyPen video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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