Iran war update: Socrates’s carpentry, real-politique or something else? A few reflections on the US “economic D-Day” against Iran.

This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below I have written extensively in earlier posts about the fact that Trump risks the Socrates's carpenter trap. When Socrates went around Athens all those years ago he found that the carpenters unlike the rhetoricians and many others actually had some real knowledge and skill. The problem … Continue reading Iran war update: Socrates’s carpentry, real-politique or something else? A few reflections on the US “economic D-Day” against Iran.

The Institutionalization of Transparency: Dismantling the Shadow Economy to Restore Market Integrity

This post is opinion only. See full disclaimer below. Abstract The Macro-political Captured Assets Hypothesis (MCAH) argues that the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) theoretically fails to consider the potential role of anonymous and illicit capital in the pricing of assets and that further research is needed using the small-n comparative method pioneered by scholars such … Continue reading The Institutionalization of Transparency: Dismantling the Shadow Economy to Restore Market Integrity