“We exist now in a fleeting bloom of life and knowing, one finger-snap of frantic being, and this is it. This summery burst of life is more bomb than bud. These fecund times are moving fast.” — Samantha Harvey, Orbital I’ve always had a sense of long time. From
Hi everyone, It has been a while since my last post (how has 6 months gone by?), but I've been working hard on a new project that I'm excited to share with you! As many of you know, I'm Canadian-American (I got my
I'm happy to share that my new report was published today: Harms from Concentrated Industries: A Primer. For those of you who have followed my work for a while, the theme of this report will be familiar. Market concentration within sectors and across global value chains has increased
On Tuesday I spoke at the Interval in San Francisco for a Long Now Foundation talk. The Interval is my dream bar – it has a library which they dub a "manual for civilization," an office hidden behind a second-story bookcase, a spiral staircase, mechanical wonders, views of
I have an exciting announcement! One of my favorite collaborators and dear friends, Vass Bednar, and I have been chosen as McGill University's 2024 Max Bell Public Policy School's authors and lecturers. The book we will co-author, along with an accompanying lecture series, seeks to
Hello readers, First, a personal update: After 3 fantastic years as a part-time Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, I am transitioning to be an informal Senior Advisor. I learned a tremendous amount from my brilliant colleagues, and am proud of the research and projects the team
“No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.” – Roger Zelazny, author of Lord of Light Today’s proxy ESG (environmental, social, governance) wars choose narrative over reality, on both the left and the right. This week, President Biden used his veto power for the first time to block
It's new report release day! The Roll-up Economy: The Business of Consolidating Industries with Serial Acquisitions, co-authored by me and colleagues at the American Economic Liberties Project, Krista Brown and Erik Peinert, and collaborator, Taylor Sekhon, is out today. Here is the report (including an executive
What do you call a small cadre of unelected individuals who unilaterally – and secretly – make consequential decisions radically affecting the US economy? The Federal Reserve. Many Americans don't know much about our central bank, its function, and its founding; and yet it looms large as perhaps the most
In the first post of this series (Part 1), we discussed the following questions: Should companies be allowed to 'collude' to reach net zero targets or other green economy goals? Are sustainability goals in tension with antitrust statutes? Do institutional investors, pursuing ESG goals collectively, violate antitrust law?
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One year ago, I launched this newsletter with excitement and some trepidation. There are so many brilliant writers and thinkers on the interwebs today, and the world is awash in hot takes and commentary. I wanted Embodied Economics to be a place for deeper reflections on the role of economic
Should companies be allowed to 'collude' to reach net zero targets or other green economy goals? Are sustainability goals in tension with antitrust statutes? Do institutional investors, pursuing ESG goals collectively, violate antitrust law? These are the questions at the heart of a new debate that is getting