Economics

The Permissioned Economy

When virtue is lethal

Our civilisation is dying, poisoned from within by its own virtue. Five mechanisms, all well-intentioned, all catastrophic in aggregate. A call for the study nobody will fund.

The Benefits of Corruption

A philosophy of economics take on why greasing a functionary's palms might be more efficient than regulatory oversight.

Lord, protect us from the benevolent

Rapid action feels like virtue. Restraint rarely does. Yet such action comes with unintended consequences.