Sep

30

[Recap] – Celebrating 1 year of Embodied Economics!

One year ago, I launched this newsletter with excitement and some trepidation. There are so many brilliant writers and thinkers

Sep 30, 2022

2 min read

Sep

26

Competition or Collaboration for a Greener Economy? – Part 1

Should companies be allowed to 'collude' to reach net zero targets or other green economy goals? Are sustainability goals in

Sep 26, 2022

7 min read

Sep

08

When Markets Fail

As Oscar Wilde once said, “The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Today, decades of

Sep 8, 2022

7 min read

Jun

14

Proxy wars on corporate ‘wokeness’ are actually about something else...

Concentrated private power and the decline of democratic agency are at the root of these proxy wars. But there's lots

Jun 14, 2022

8 min read

May

03

Stakeholder Capitalism's Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-Monopoly?

Today, I'm highlighting the just released paper — “Stakeholder Capitalism’s Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-Monopoly?” — that I co-authored with the

May 3, 2022

9 min read

Apr

18

Paradigms Create Worlds — A New Foundation for Economics

This week, I discuss a new paper co-authored by Dennis J. Snower, an economist, and David Sloan Wilson, an evolutionary

Apr 18, 2022

10 min read

Feb

10

The Downsides of Democratizing Access

Access isn't all it's cracked up to be. The narrative of "democratizing access" is a meme used to convey benefits

Feb 10, 2022

9 min read

Jan

21

What Economists can Learn from Starlings

What can starlings, consciousness, and mimetic desire teach economists? Happy New Year! This week, while driving over gritty downtown Seattle

Jan 21, 2022

7 min read

Dec

03

People + Planet + Profit = Impact?

Win/win proponents usually cite some version of "People + Planet + Profit = Impact." But what exactly is profit, and how is

Dec 3, 2021

10 min read

Nov

16

The Body is Not an Economic Apology

“Here is a completely noncontroversial statement I think we have consensus around: You, my dear, have a body. And should

Nov 16, 2021

9 min read