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Economics

We’re Killing Ourselves with Work

Evolution favors less work and more leisure.

February 22, 2022

The Economic Case for Vaccine Passports

Requiring vaccine passports would not violate any individual rights that a well-ordered society would choose to defend.

August 17, 2021

The Math That Says Egalitarianism Is Possible

You don’t have to be entirely pessimistic about the future of wealth inequality.

August 11, 2021

I Have Come to Bury Ayn Rand

A prominent evolutionary biologist slays the beast of Individualism.

March 24, 2021

The Economic Damage Is Barely Conceivable

In America, people who lose jobs don’t necessarily get them back.

April 22, 2020

The Robot Economy Will Run on Blockchain

What finance will look like when it is controlled by machines.

Why New York City Needs Its Own Cryptocurrency

The case for making money local again.

February 15, 2018

The Bitcoin Paradox

Why cryptocurrency will always be political.

December 8, 2017

Is There an Ideal Amount of Income Inequality?

A conversation with this month’s Ingenious, Venkat Venkatasubramanian.

September 25, 2017