And I am not submitting for the sake of submitting. I read the author's book on macroeconomics and got the link through his blog: this is not a random post. I also thought an article that sums up consensus among economists is relevant to a community of entrepreneurs.
Plus, he made it with 1 degree: current consensus among economists written by a famous economist -> HN
The article recommends higher skilled worker quotas -> some hackers aren't from the US -> skilled worker visas would let them get in the country -> eventually, they could create startups -> ... it's really hacker news!
To tell the truth, I liked the article, but I see a slippery slope: 1) economics articles 2) mises.org articles 3) ... 4) Ron Paul rules the home page, or at best, flame wars break out about things like, say, the gold standard (which I know some people here think is a great idea, and others think is batshittery).
This is the big problem: it only takes six people with some ahem fringe interest in order to spoil it for everybody.