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Papers on global economic affairs, business and finance, and human development and metacognition, with AI as the through line.

Featured paper · Business and financial industryArtificial Intelligence on Wall Street and the Demand for Human SkillsPractitioner 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 the paper

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Earlier essays remain available as a record of the work that came before this direction. They are preserved as archive, not presented as the current body of work. 6 archived essays

  1. EssayInstitutions & Markets

    Malaria, Medicine, and the Geography of Care

    Why medicine is never only medicine — health systems as the foundation of stability, economy, and development.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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