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Contestable Economic Power: Why Institutions Must Remain Challengeable

April 30, 2018

My illustration entitled: "The Glass Fortress" — A grand institutional fortress has transparent walls, allowing citizens to see and challenge what happens inside. Power becomes dangerous when the peopl...

The Portability Principle: Ownership Must Be Movable to Be Meaningful

April 30, 2017

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Migrating Vault" — A transparent vault containing money, data and creative work travels safely with its owner. A person does not fully own what he cannot take with him. ...

Institutional Optionality: Why Economic Freedom Depends on Alternatives

April 30, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Open Switchboard" — A community routes energy, communication, and trade through many independent channels. Economic freedom depends not only on what institutions permit, ...

The Economic Redundancy Principle: Why Freedom Requires More Than One Path

April 30, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Exit That Remains Open" — A person stands before several illuminated doors leading out of a collapsing system, each representing a viable alternative. A person is not ful...

Economic Veto Power: Who Has the Power to Stop You From Acting?

April 30, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Tower of Approvals" — A citizen looks up at a towering stack of offices, each controlling one necessary approval. Economic freedom is not only the power to begin. It is a...

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