Category: Non-Euclidean Economics
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Yield
Historians have explained the United States through liberty, religion, capitalism, geography, race, technology, and war. All are important. But suppose for a moment that the decisive fact was yield. The United States was, above all else, a machine for converting land into surplus. Europe entered the modern era with dense populations and exhausted acreage. A…
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The Distribution Problem
Every model of production proclaims itself as a break from what came before—more efficient, more abundant, less constrained. And with that proclamation comes a quiet reassurance: distribution no longer needs to be a central concern. The new system will handle it. Markets will clear, networks will flow, algorithms will optimize. The promise is always the…