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Papers on global economic affairs, business and finance, and human development and metacognition, with AI as the through line.
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Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street and the Demand for Human Skills
Practitioner testimony from August 2026 visits to financial firms on how they deploy generative AI, and which human skills they still require of their people.- Read
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AI, Power, and Strategic Infrastructure
Analysis of AI electricity demand, U.S. grid constraints, U.S.–China competition, and the investment risks across power infrastructure.- Read
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Basketball, Identity, and the Shape of Agency
Role pressure, self-belief, and the institutions that shape athletes — sport as both a liberating and constraining force.- Read
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Malaria, Medicine, and the Geography of Care
Why medicine is never only medicine — health systems as the foundation of stability, economy, and development.- Read
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The 2022 World Cup and the Ethics of Spectacle
Qatar 2022 as a study in preventable crisis — spectacle, money, national image, and what happens when reputation management is mistaken for accountability.- Read
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Remembering the Self Beneath the Masks We Wear
A river learns to curve for its watchers, wearing masks named discipline and humility — until grief, rupture, and three strange witnesses return it to the sea it always was.- Read
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Commercialization and the Pressure to Win in Sports
When institutions prize outcomes over methods, misconduct becomes predictable — SMU, UNC, Varsity Blues, and the incentive structures behind them.- Read
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Why Flexible Exchange Rates Aren't a Cure-All for Developing Economies
Currency flexibility can absorb shocks, but its effects depend on pass-through, institutional credibility, liquidity support, and the structure of the economy.- Read
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