Writing
Essays and notes on institutions, discovery, innovation, health care, political economy, and the joys and challenges of living.
My Twenty Dollar Bet on Spencer Pratt
A small prediction-market bet on Spencer Pratt becomes a lesson in political judgment, authenticity, and the changing media environment of American campaigns.
Political Economist at Play: My First Prediction-Market Bets
My first prediction-market positions, small enough to be a lesson rather than a strategy.
What Is Entangled Political Economy? A Conversation with Mikayla Novak
In this conversation with Mikayla Novak, I discuss entangled political economy, the limits of the market-versus-state framework, and why democratic politics should be studied as part of the same social order as economic life.
Martha Stewart and What Makes for a Self-Defined Life
Martha Stewart’s story pulls me in because it represents a form of freedom so few women in history ever had: the freedom to build a self-defined life.