Finance & Econ

Quantifying the Gift

If commodities create boundaries, then gifts abolish them. Lewis Hyde's seminal work, The Gift, is a map to get us back to what matters.

The Howey Test: What does citrus farming have to do with cryptocurrencies?

It turns out selling leaseback agreements for an orange farm isn’t all that different from selling cryptographic tokens on the blockchain.

Throwing Rocks at the Growth Curse

Is growth is the new enemy of prosperity? Doug Rushkoff thinks so.

This Podcast Made Me Question Everything

"The winners of our age must be challenged to do more good. But never, ever, tell them to do less harm." – Anand Giridharadas

Community Currencies: Putting the "Peer" Back in P2P Economies

A woman in Kenya sells tomatoes on the blockchain – what can she teach the rest of us about the true value of money?

Bubbles and Manias: Can Crypto Learn from the Mistakes of History?

Hype, scams and general mania – will the crypto market ever mature beyond "irrational exuberance"?

Small is Beautiful

Bigger isn't always better – in economics and society.

Rebecca Mqamelo