Why does Priceonomics posts always make it to the front page of Hacker News? The stories are interesting, but not THAT interesting. Seems like there's some gaming going on here.
I suspect it is because a lot of HN readers are arm chair economists. Economics is a fascinating system to study and analyze as that system is driven by people who are modeled as 'rational actors' but rarely act rationally on an individual basis. The Priceonomics guys bring data analysis to the mix and that pings the other thing HN readers like, facts and data.
There are no signs of voting rings or other anomalies. I think the reason they get so many upvotes is that they know what HN readers like. Look at the number of comments, for example.
