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Business & economics (other) Videos Recommended on Hacker News (50)
Business & economics (other) is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 50 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 114 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Other business topics: industry case studies, logistics and supply chains, retail, bizarre business stories, publicity stunts and cautionary tales.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on The Economics of Airline Class: “Would highly recommend the YouTube video below [0] from Wendover” — an HN commenter, 2019.
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6 mo on HNThe Economics of Airline Class
Wendover Productions
6 HN recommender · 2017–2025
6 mo on HNI Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308
SmarterEveryDay
6 HN recommender · 2025–2026
6 mo on HNWhy Trains Suck in America
Wendover Productions
6 HN recommender · 2017–2022
5 mo on HNBig Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)
Wendover Productions
8 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HNAmazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything
Mark Rober
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
4 mo on HNYour Post Code Is the Directions, Not the Destination
CGP Grey
4 HN recommender · 2025–2025
4 mo on HNNeom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City.
Patrick Boyle
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
4 mo on HNHow Harley-Davidson Killed Itself
FortNine
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNDrone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNSmall Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2017–2020
4 mo on HNWhy Trains are so Expensive
Wendover Productions
5 HN recommender · 2017–2022
4 mo on HN60 Minutes - Luxottica. Do you know who makes your glasses?
Luxury Eyesight
5 HN recommender · 2014–2023
4 mo on HNHow Overnight Shipping Works
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2018–2023
3 mo on HNDriving Amazon’s ELECTRIC Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV
Friday Adventure Club
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNThe Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"
FortNine
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNWhy Planes Don't Fly Faster
Wendover Productions
3 HN recommender · 2018–2022
3 mo on HNTimeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNWhat It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots
Bloomberg Podcasts
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNI, Pencil: The Movie
I, Pencil
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNIowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World
Iowa Pork Industry Center
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNThe Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNThe Chinese Student Crisis
PolyMatter
2 HN recommender · 2022–2022
2 mo on HNThe US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNHow Budget Airlines Work
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNBetter Business Bureau 20/20 Investigation
jd415
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HNWhy There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNCanada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
Half as Interesting
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNJones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles
What's Going on With Shipping?
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNHow many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HNHow Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNExpert breakdown of NYC's overpriced commercial vacancies.
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNIBM RFID Commercial-The Future Supermarket
David Preece
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNKiva Systems Warehouse Automation at Quiet Logistics
KivaDirector
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNPower of the Market - The Pencil
LibertyPen
1 HN recommend · 2011–2019
1 mo on HNBulletball
zorak007
1 HN recommend · 2008–2021
1 mo on HNThe Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)
Wendover Productions
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022