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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    #57 Not Pretty, Not Survivable (opens the original)

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    Sometimes I simply don’t know. There is too much news, too many articles, books and reports, more than I can ever read. Each brings new ideas, supposedly better ideas, more doom, more end-of-the-world porn. At such moments, it becomes difficult to write anything sensible. Maybe that is why I haven’t written a longer blog for some time.But not writing is also a choice. So here goes. This blog hinges on three things: radical uncertainty, resistance and obstructions to change, good attempts capture

  2. Issue · Aug 25, 2026

    When Price Becomes Belief: Markets, Narratives, and the Growth Imperative (opens the original)

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    Markets confuse price with value. Then they forget they did it. This essay leans, of course, on Adam Smith. Not the Smith everyone quotes, though. The Wealth of Nations gets cited constantly. Its companion, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, barely gets a mention. But markets, in Smith’s telling, only work inside a moral frame. Judged by what he called an “impartial spectator.” Take that away and you’re left with speculation, just wearing capitalism’s clothes. Shiller’s narrative economics explains

  3. Issue · Jul 28, 2026

    #56 Growth Isn't an Argument (opens the original)

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    Hi all,Hope you all enjoy a quiet holiday time. For me, that time just started. A little working, swimming, cycling and writing. Personally, for me, the best time.I just handed in the manuscript of my forthcoming book in October (title: This is not a Crisis, in Dutch; if you know an English publisher, please let me know!) and now have had the time to do some catch-up reading.In the middle of the European heat, my attention was (maybe unsurprisingly) drawn to what people were writing about econom

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