The Equanomist
For quantitative-minded organizational leaders interested in taming their chaos, a bit at a time: equan-omists.
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No Regrets Coyote (opens the original)
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Homage to North American perspectives on our shared sociability. North America is, like all continents, unique in its own way. Our particular uniqueness struck me recently when I learned about a shared sociability with another North American species, coyotes. What does this mean? Socio-Biotic exceptionalism: we and coyotes are good being alone sometimes, especially when we choose it instead of it being forced upon us. Like our canid continent-sharers, we both are also good when with others being
Waiting (opens the original)
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The Second Ledger: An Equanomics Field Guide For Traditionally Trained Economists (opens the original)
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This series of articles is design to help folks who were trained traditionally in econ, as I was, to learn a set of ideas that complement and extend what you first encountered. Enjoy this other kind of human capital accounting.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" heigh
Article Spotlight: The Ladder and the Ledger (opens the original)
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Railroad Consolidation vs. AI Consolidation in the US: A Comparative Analysis (opens the original)
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As a kid and as a History major I was fascinated by technological transformation, and this piece is intended to use the past as a reference marker for current events that may seem or be described as ‘unprecedented’ and are often not really so revolutionary in the long view of our society’s development.The railroad industry underwent two major waves of consolidation — the Gilded Age (roughly 1860–1910) and the post-deregulation era (1980–2000) — and together they form one of the richest historica
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