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Labor, work & inequality Videos Recommended on Hacker News (92)
Labor, work & inequality is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 92 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 215 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Work and wealth: wages, unions, universal basic income, automation of jobs, inequality, billionaires, cost of living, housing affordability, gig economy, immigration and labor.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us: “Excellent video on the subject: CGPGrey - Humans Need Not Apply” — an HN commenter, 2015.
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11 mo on HNWhat Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us
CGP Grey
11 HN recommender · 2014–2026
10 mo on HNWinners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
9 HN recommender · 2018–2026
10 mo on HNThe Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren
University of California Television (UCTV)
10 HN recommender · 2008–2022
8 mo on HNWealth Inequality in America
politizane
8 HN recommender · 2013–2025
8 mo on HNRoblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
People Make Games
9 HN recommender · 2021–2026
7 mo on HNImmigration, World Poverty and Gumballs
NumbersUSA
7 HN recommender · 2013–2024
6 mo on HNDemocracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
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 HNWhere in the world is it easiest to get rich? | Harald Eia | TEDxOslo
TEDx Talks
5 HN recommender · 2016–2023
6 mo on HNMilton Friedman - The Negative Income Tax
LibertyPen
7 HN recommender · 2012–2022
5 mo on HNWhy Louisiana Stays Poor
Together Louisiana
6 HN recommender · 2018–2024
4 mo on HNThe Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis
ReasonTV
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
5 mo on HNInvestigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
People Make Games
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNWhy Tipping Should Be Banned - Adam Ruins Everything
Dropout
4 HN recommender · 2015–2020
4 mo on HNMark Blyth ─ Global Trumpism
Watson School of International and Public Affairs
3 HN recommender · 2016–2019
4 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism
Royal Society of Arts
4 HN recommender · 2011–2016
4 mo on HNMilton Friedman - The Real World Effects Of Unions
LibertyPen
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
4 mo on HNThe Ranks of Global Billionaires: Not All Billionaires Are Made Equal
Economics Explained
4 HN recommender · 2020–2022
4 mo on HNMunicipal Violations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2015–2020
4 mo on HNVienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
Bloomberg Originals
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNLearning from dirty jobs | Mike Rowe
TED
4 HN recommender · 2012–2018
4 mo on HNInterview with Larry Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury | The Problem with Jon Stewart
The Problem With Jon Stewart
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNLecture 1: Introduction to Power and Politics in Today’s World
YaleCourses
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNPredatory Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
4 HN recommender · 2014–2022
3 mo on HNHave the Boomers Pinched Their Children’s Futures? - with Lord David Willetts
The Royal Institution
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNDominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value tax
Dominic Frisby Comedy Videos
2 HN recommender · 2016–2020
3 mo on HNWork.
Historia Civilis
3 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNHow an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home
Life Where I'm From
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNThe NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2015–2019
3 mo on HNCharlie Rose: Sir James Goldsmith Interview - 15.11.94
Sir James Goldsmith
3 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNSHIPBREAKERS | Would you risk your life dismantling the world’s largest ships just to survive? | NFB
NFB
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNA Million Dollars vs A Billion Dollars, Visualized: A Road Trip
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNThe REAL reason behind the housing crisis
Garys Economics
3 HN recommender · 2025–2025
3 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1245 - Andrew Yang
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
3 mo on HNDoes Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing? Swimming Pools, Private TV Channels & More
Channel 4 Documentaries
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNThe Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis
About Here
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023