Economics Archives - Page 2 of 5

Who Guards the Reauthors? Preventing Capture of Public Revision

December 14, 2022

Why institutions that enable public authorship must remain open to scrutiny, challenge and replacement. My illustration entitled: "The Watchtower With Windows on Every Side" - citizens oversee a flouri...

Counter-Economic Capture: When Alternative Markets Become New Gatekeepers

May 20, 2022

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Broken Chains Forged into a Crown" - Above a bustling trading metropolis, founders melt the broken chains of an earlier monopoly into an immense golden crown. Below them, merc...

Public Procurement for Public Authorship: Buying Capability, Not Permanent Dependence

May 14, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

Public contracts should deliver useful services while preserving the knowledge, resources and authority needed to decide what comes next. My illustration entitled: "The Golden Key and the Locked Machin...

Self-Custody as Economic Infrastructure: From Access to Direct Control

April 30, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Personal Vault" — An individual securely manages a glowing digital vault without intermediaries. Economic freedom is not secured when a person is merely allowed to use a ...

The Economic Sovereignty Matrix: Power, Friction, Alternatives and Capability

December 6, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Observatory of Economic Power" - Inside a mountain-sized observatory, four enormous lenses examine the same trading city. One reveals controlling hands, another hidden bottlen...

Change Without Collapse: Reauthorism and the Continuity of Essential Services

September 16, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

Meaningful public authority requires both a practical capacity to revise essential systems and dependable protection for the people who rely on them. My illustration entitled: "The Aqueduct and the New...

State-Platform Gatekeeping: When Public and Private Permissions Converge

June 22, 2018

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Handshake Above the Gates" - Two immense figures—an armoured state guardian and a translucent corporate intelligence—shake hands above a crowded city entrance. Their joined wr...

Development Without Permanent Dependence: Reauthorism and International Economic Partnerships

January 24, 2018

Opinion, Visual Arts

A partnership should expand the practical authority of the people who will shape its next stage, alongside the benefits it delivers today. My illustration entitled: "The Scaffold Around the Rising City...

Tagged Economics