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• The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism: a Neo-Polanyian Perspective — Economic Sociology & Political Economy

  By Duty and Honor on April 16, 2023 • ( 1 )

  We are living in the times of the populist nationalist challenge to the liberal order. This challenge comes in many forms, including reactionary and progressive ones – from Marine Le Pen’s Front National in France to Jobbik in Hungary, to Manuel López Obrador’s MORENA in Mexico… Read More ›

• Scenario 1999: Arbeit begetting Arbeit (Pt. I of II)

  By Duty and Honor on April 16, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  The Administrators of State and Social Enterprises looking for highly qualified Students may be many and come from countless different Industries and Professions, but they are all looking for one very specific personality. They are looking for someone who knows… Read More ›

• Update (16 April 2023)

  By Duty and Honor on April 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  My thought experiment from yesterday, where I revisited some important documents from my late childhood and early adolescence proved helpful in making sense of the current trajectory of the past few Scenario 1999 Entries. Allow me to summarize a list… Read More ›

• A Thought Experiment from Childhood

  By Duty and Honor on April 15, 2023 • ( 2 )

  “Nostalgia is the new opium of the masses in the 21st century.” One ought not to forever dwell in the past just to cope with the present. History is meant to provide oneself with the ability to reshape the future… Read More ›

• Scenario 1999: Digitalizing Economic Organization Models

  By Duty and Honor on April 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  As stated previously in the preceding Entries, the digital realm is capable of yielding, on the one hand, the World Wide Web (WWW) and an opposing series of National Intranets connected to each other via an International Internet. To transplant… Read More ›

• Update (15 April 2023)

  By Duty and Honor on April 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  “Die Nostalgie ist das neues Opium des Volkes im 21. Jahrhundert (Nostalgia is the new Opium of the masses in the 21st century).” Does one not realize that some of the more recent economic problems involving Technology originated from the… Read More ›

• The Gig Economy Continues to Expand, Reaching Beyond Traditional “Gigs” — HTT Network

  By Duty and Honor on April 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  The gig economy has been a topic of discussion for several years now, but it seems that it is expanding at an exponential rate. The New York Times recently tweeted about how the gig economy is no longer limited to… Read More ›

• The Death of Job Security in the Modern Workplace — HTT Network

  By Duty and Honor on April 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Gone are the days when employees could expect to work for a single company for their entire career, retire with a pension plan and enjoy lifelong job security. The modern workplace is a different beast altogether. Job security has become… Read More ›

• Scenario 1999: Digitalizing Economic Governance Models

  By Duty and Honor on April 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  The past three Treatises, especially The Work-Standard (2nd Ed.) and The Third Place (1st Ed.), described four main Models of Economic Governance and a number of subvariants. Before any discussion about how to develop an understanding of economic life in… Read More ›

• Preview of “Scenario 1999: Digitalizing Economic Governance Models”

  By Duty and Honor on April 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  The following is a preview of the upcoming Entry that I am working on at the moment. Given that I also have to take care of other personal matters, I am posting this preview now in case I do not… Read More ›