Show HN: Economic growth is a power law

Category: other

Tags: economic-simulation, data-visualization, macroeconomics

Score: 4.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 4, Documentation: 5, Utility: 3)

This project provides an interactive economic simulator that challenges the traditional Armey Curve theory of government spending, presenting empirical evidence for a power-law or inverse relationship instead. It visualizes macroeconomic data across multiple countries to argue that government spending beyond minimal levels consistently reduces growth, with thoughtful policy implications. While the concept is conceptually provocative and the visualization functional, it is more of a data essay with simple interactivity than a novel technical tool.

Target audience: economists, policy analysts, data enthusiasts

Repository: https://julienreszka.github.io/economic-simulator/armey-curve.html

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