Peter Schiff: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "How government programs drive up college tuitions", cited in tuition-cost threads for the argument that easy government-backed loans enable high prices.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2010–2018commentaryCited in tuition-cost threads for the argument that easy government-backed loans enable high prices.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2009–2013talkHN cites it as a famous example of someone publicly predicting the housing crash before it happened.
- cited 5× 0 months 2017–2023commentaryUsed as a cited example in threads criticizing the direction of competitive school and college debate.
Questions
Which Peter Schiff video does Hacker News recommend most?
How government programs drive up college tuitions: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2010 and 2018.
Is this every Peter Schiff 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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