“The World Until Yesterday” by Jared Diamond – a review
There once was a world where disputes are settled with bows and arrows, not courtrooms. Where a child roamed freely, unburdened by the paranoia of “stranger danger.”…
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Creation and Production: The Dividing Line of Meaning
In the modern world, we have exchanged the act of creation for the mechanics of production. This transition has reshaped not only our material environment but also…
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The Post-Knowledge Economy; Your Quick Guide
As artificial intelligence increasingly dominates the knowledge-based economy—handling information processing, decision-making, and even creativity at unprecedented levels—humanity must redefine its economic role to adapt to this new…
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The New Digital Lords: How Feudalism Keeps Reinventing Itself
For most of human history, the powerful have found new ways to stay powerful. Feudalism, as a system, never really ended—it just changed costumes. The medieval model…
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The Meaning Economy: What Does it Mean?
For most of modern history, people worked to survive. If they were lucky, they worked to get ahead. In recent decades, the promise of capitalism—at least in…
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The Business of Less
If you want to understand how the modern economy works, forget supply and demand. Forget competition, efficiency, or the invisible hand. The real engine of capitalism—the thing…
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A System Worth Its Salt: Economic Justice Meets Solidarity Economies
We are a species with a peculiar gift for dreaming. For centuries, we have imagined utopias, built castles in the air, and scribbled blueprints for worlds where…
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“The New Industrial State” by John Kenneth Galbraith – a review
Few economists have wielded prose as deftly as John Kenneth Galbraith, whose writing—sharp, erudite, and tinged with dry wit—made macroeconomics palatable for the lay reader. In The…
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The Paradox of Need and Opportunity: Why Time Banking Struggles to Reach Those Who Need It Most
The idea of time banking should, in theory, be a lifeline for the economically disadvantaged. It provides a way for people to exchange skills and services without…
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Exploring the Rise of Techno-feudalism and the Cloudalists by Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and prolific economist, has been vocal about the emergence of a new ruling class he terms “Cloudalists,” who preside over…