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New World Order” — How to Think About Power, Coordination, and Control

The phrase “New World Order” is used to describe a shift in global power, coordination, and governance. What does it  refer to, and how should it be understood? This episode focuses on a deeper question:

How do we think about…

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Reputation as Credit — A Fix for Credit Card, Student Loans, and Mortgage Debt

I lay out a practical alternative: Credit as Earned Reputation (CER), not as borrowed money. For most of human history, credit worked as trust. Modern finance replaced that with interest, leverage, and bailouts,  disconnecting credit from accountability, and turning everyday…

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We’re Told the Economy Is Strong — Why Life Feels Harder Than Ever

We keep hearing that the economy is strong: The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is up, that’s  the total monetary value of goods and services produced. Which should be up considering prices are up. Jobs numbers look good. Markets seem…

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