A Deeper Defeat
Synopsis: The Democratic sweep in the US mid-term elections is being widely read as a rebuke to one president.
Theme archive
Musings on Economy and Capitalism
Markets, capitalism, growth, inequality, money, labour, value, and the economic stories shaping public life.
Fractures in The Lie
Every awakening begins with ruptures in the lie
Too Gentle by Half
Synopsis: Why do societies mock the tenderness they claim to admire?
Advice Without a Passport
Why ethical principles cross borders while campaign tactics stay at home
Leaving Normal
Helping leaders feel what they already know
Where the Births Were Written
Synopsis: The fire that gutted Limoges town hall on 17 October 2026 destroyed the office where the city recorded its births and marriages.
Coffee Port
Before it was ever a front line, Mokha was just an aroma.
What The Borrowing Buys
Reflections on Debt in Australia and Elsewhere
Fantasy Worlds
Children Who Read the Future as an Instruction Manual
Do Not Build Below This Point
What it would take for officialdom to remember the water
The Arithmetic of Standing Still
Australia’s productivity angst and the economics of presence
Gambling With Our Lives
Why Saving Humanity is a Competitive Disadvantage
Star Performer Of The Year
The Inevitability Lie and other Evidence
Consent Without Consequences
A World Learning to Ask New Questions
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The Invisible Architecture of Control
Cryptocurrencies and the Future of Human Agency
The Black Box Problem
Proceeding with Caution in the Development of AI
The Illusion of Sustainability
Debt, Control, and the Mirage of the UN's SDGs
Two Priesthoods
My local pharmacy ran out of tablets by the second week.
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