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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The Last Days of Humanity: a very short story
There is something wrong with the sky. It’s not an obvious thing, not a burning sun or a bruised and swollen moon. The sky is still blue…
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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…
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The Coming Reckoning: Creativity, Complacency, and Collapse
In parts of the world where every meal must be earned through ingenuity, where a broken appliance isn’t replaced but repurposed, and where money is scarce but…
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The Art of Holding Fast
It is a curious thing, this modern habit of drifting. Men and women float through their days like autumn leaves upon a river, content to be carried…
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“The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It” by Will Storr – a review
Will Storr’s The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It is an incisive, often unsettling, look at one of the most fundamental forces shaping…
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The World of Ends
It’s not the end of the world — not in the apocalyptic sense, at least, not today. The oceans haven’t boiled. The stars haven’t blinked out. The…
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From Wall Street to Main Street: How Small Communities Can Harness the Power of Networks
Sandra Navidi’s Superhubs brings us a penetrating look at how financial elites consolidate influence—not through individual power alone, but by embedding themselves in high-value networks. The book’s…