A lesson from my Dad that sat fallow for years until today.
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End the Value-Extraction Economy
Last spring, an editor at one of the big newspapers asked me to send in an opinion piece if an idea hit me.
The Coming of the French Revolution
Snippets from the conclusion to Georges Lefebvre’s “The Coming of the French Revolution.”
Crypto is the future
Some quick thoughts on why ‘the ownership economy’ is the work of our generation
Favorite Books of 2020
Nine of my favorite reads from 2020.
Galt’s Gulch, Higher Education, and the Blockchain
Will the credential of a university degree be valuable in 15 years?
What is happening?
A lot is happening very quickly. The initial conditions at the onset of the pandemic — in domestic and international political economy — are quite germane. And the extraordinary scale, scope, and speed of the monetary and fiscal responses carry a slew of long-term consequences — some known, some unknown; some intended, some not so much. It’s all quite …
Persistence
The fine line between stamina and stupidity.
Globalization in the Age of American Primacy
A syllabus for an international political economy course I developed in 2016.
Favorite Books of 2019
Nine of my favorite reads from 2019
