this isn't digg or reddit or techcrunch, so there is no need to submit stuff for the sake of submitting. Gotta keep the quality up or the essence of HH will be lost.
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.
1 degree isn't very good, and isn't accurate either, really, as policy consensus amongst economists isn't really one of the regular topics here. Try for a higher score with something like this:
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).
One step beyond gold standard debates, I think, is when the 9/11 Truthers start showing up. At that point the site becomes useless to pretty much everybody.
This is the big problem: it only takes six people with some ahem fringe interest in order to spoil it for everybody.
In other news, I find it's sad that most economists don't vote (I think it was Steven Levitt who said that).