The Tyranny of MalcolmsA malcolm is a folksy anecdote used to begin a chapter in a nonfiction book. Unfortunately, they’ve gotten out of hand.Jun 1, 2023A response icon20Jun 1, 2023A response icon20
Inequality and intangible capitalThese thoughts on the relationship between inequality and intangible capital were written in response to James Plunkett’s Unequality: when…Jan 30, 2023A response icon2Jan 30, 2023A response icon2
Put a number on it, conservativesWhere are the right-wing proposals for GDP alternatives?Feb 12, 2021A response icon3Feb 12, 2021A response icon3
Bionic duckweed: using the future to fight the presentWhen visions of the future are used, in bad or dubious faith, to undermine action and investment today, that’s bionic duckweedSep 24, 2020A response icon2Sep 24, 2020A response icon2
DARPA vs the Wheely SuitcaseOr, The Quantity vs Quality Theories of InnovationJun 27, 2020A response icon1Jun 27, 2020A response icon1
Quarantine in an intangible economyHow will an intangible-intensive economy respond differently to a pandemic - and to the policies governments put in place to control it?Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
Hunting for Hinzelmann, or: helping towns without magical thinking[Spoiler alert: contains minor spoilers to Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”; and major spoilers to bad regional policy.]Dec 19, 2019A response icon2Dec 19, 2019A response icon2
The strange death of Tory economic thinkingA disturbing change has come over the Conservative Party. It seems to have stopped thinking or talking about economics.Apr 11, 2019A response icon3Apr 11, 2019A response icon3
