# The New Economics by W. Edwards Deming

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-economics/

2 people recommended The New Economics by W. Edwards Deming in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

1 of the 2 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Poor Deming never stood a chance”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an alternative to mainstream business books, and praise a memorable line they say recent business books lack.

Summary written by Claude from 2 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Alternative to mainstream business books (1 comment in the sample): "Highly recommend it as an alternative to the more mainstream business books." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230409))
- Memorable lines unlike recent business books (1 comment in the sample): "there is a great line that I have never seen in any recent business books" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966631))

## Other business books people recommend

- [The Lean Startup by Eric Ries](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lean-startup/): 28 recommend, 3 mixed, 6 criticize
- [The Gervais Principle by Venkatesh Rao](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gervais-principle/): 24 recommend, 5 mixed, 5 criticize
- [Incorruptible by Eric Ries](https://hackerapproved.com/p/incorruptible/): 20 recommend, 3 mixed, 11 criticize
- [The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/goal/): 13 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The New Economics by W. Edwards Deming", https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-economics/ (2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.