On governance
In which the game that explains all of civilization is introduced.
An Economic Pattern Language
Patterns for designing economic concepts, based on the Bauhaus Vorkurs, Christopher Alexander's Pattern Language, and a number of other role models, trying to stay as far away from a generic economics class as possible.
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The blurry boundary between economics and operations research
In which we bring back together the estranged fraternal disciplines of economics and operations research and map out how we can combine them to design cybernetic economies.
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Value chain integrity
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