Writing · 7 pieces
Writing
Papers on global economic affairs, business and finance, and human development and metacognition, with AI as the through line.
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Essays
Earlier essays remain available as a record of the writing that came before this direction. They are preserved as archive, not presented as the current body of work. 6 archived essays
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Essay · The Self
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.
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- 16 min
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- 14
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Essay · Institutions & 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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- 4 min
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- 2
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Essay · Institutions & Markets
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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- 5 min
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Essay · The Self
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.
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- 10 min
Essay · Institutions & Markets
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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- 15 min
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- 13
Essay · Institutions & Markets
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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- 5 min
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- 4