Business & Economics (other) Videos Hacker News Recommends

explainer#393

The Economics of Airline Class

Wendover Productions

“Would highly recommend the YouTube video below [0] from Wendover”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

documentary#526

I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308

SmarterEveryDay

“Here's a great video by Smarter Every Day that came out a few months ago”

6 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#688

Why Trains Suck in America

Wendover Productions

“This is worth your 8 minutes of time.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

explainer#761

Big Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)

Wendover Productions

“This is a great video on the economics of the hub and spoke vs. direct model embodied by the A380 vs 787”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

demo#878

Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

Mark Rober

“They actually solved that. Watch Mark Robers video at 13m50s”

5 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

explainer#994

Your Post Code Is the Directions, Not the Destination

CGP Grey

“If you find this interesting and you haven't watched it, Go watch”

4 HN recommenders · 2025

explainer#1036

How Harley-Davidson Killed Itself

FortNine

“This very entertaining 11 minute video from Fortnine (still one of the best channels on YouTube)”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#1052

Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?

Wendover Productions

“I think that Wendover has the best summary”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#1256

Small Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)

Wendover Productions

“did a fanatastic video about this, really recommend it”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

explainer#1362

Why Trains are so Expensive

Wendover Productions

“There's a good video that breaks down the costs that make up your train ticket”

5 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

news#1364

60 Minutes - Luxottica. Do you know who makes your glasses?

Luxury Eyesight

“See this eye-opening 60 Minutes story on Luxottica”

5 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

explainer#1451

How Overnight Shipping Works

Wendover Productions

“is a good Youtube video that discusses how overnight shipping systems like Fedex etc. have works.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

commentary#1490

Driving Amazon’s ELECTRIC Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV

Friday Adventure Club

“I started watching it thinking “I’ll only watch a minute or two” and got so engrossed I watched the whole thing.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#1783

The Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"

FortNine

“Here is a well researched youtube video on the subject.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#1789

Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Wendover Productions

“airplanes used to fly much faster in the 1960s than they do today.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

commentary#1969

Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“I think this Last Week Tonight episode is very informative on the topic”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

podcast#2002

What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots

Bloomberg Podcasts

“a good deep dive into why this is not a simple proposition.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

explainer#2010

I, Pencil: The Movie

I, Pencil

“It's really about specialization and the interdependency of everything in the economy”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#2538

Iowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World

Iowa Pork Industry Center

“The audio is a little rough, but it's worth the watch (in my opinion).”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

documentary#2567

The Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions did a great video detailing this a few years back.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

explainer#2571

The Chinese Student Crisis

PolyMatter

“Polymatter recently had a great video on the way the college ranking system is a hustle for foreign student money”

2 HN recommenders · 2022

explainer#2605

The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions has a great video about the insane amount of logistics”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#2720

How Budget Airlines Work

Wendover Productions

“Wendover has a short 8 minute video”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

news#3180

Better Business Bureau 20/20 Investigation

jd415

“Watch the whole video if you haven't seen it before.”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2014

explainer#3224

Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)

Wendover Productions

“see for a much better explanation than I could provide”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

commentary#3409

Jones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles

What's Going on With Shipping?

“Nice discussion on the history and future of the Jones Act.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

explainer#3438

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Tom Scott

“I thought this was an interesting insight into what a fully-automated grocery store looks like.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

explainer#3476

How Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America

Wendover Productions

“I think it does a good job explaining the problem”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

commentary#3612

Expert breakdown of NYC's overpriced commercial vacancies.

Louis Rossmann

“Louis Rossmann had an excellent breakdown of why the landlords won't budge on the leases”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

other#3716

IBM RFID Commercial-The Future Supermarket

David Preece

“IBM viewed this tech seriously enough to be marketing it to the public in 2006.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

demo#3802

Kiva Systems Warehouse Automation at Quiet Logistics

KivaDirector

“Most are Kiva machines, moving storage racks to human pickers. Here's what that looks like.[2]”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

explainer#4180

Power of the Market - The Pencil

LibertyPen

“There's not a single person in the world who could make this pencil.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2019

other#4273

Bulletball

zorak007

1 HN recommenders · 2008–2021

explainer#4323

The Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)

Wendover Productions

“Good time as ever to plug Wendover's recent video about how the art world works.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

podcast#4621

An Arizona Farmer on How to Grow Alfalfa in the Middle of the Desert | Odd Lots

Bloomberg Podcasts

“This podcast goes into more details”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

documentary#4661

Exposing FRAUD And DECEPTION In The Retro Video Game Market

Karl Jobst

“It's almost an hour long piece of effectively investigative journalism”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#4701

This clock was famous, but the internet ruined it.

Tom Scott

“Fascinating to see how it worked then and how it works now.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023