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The Corona Dilemma.

Paul Frijters
March 21, 2020May 22, 2020
Consider the shown picture where you are the decision maker who can pull the lever of the train tracks to avoid the coming train from...
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Keeping a cool head – thinking about the covid-19 crisis: a guest post from Toby Phillips

Nicholas Gruen
March 21, 2020March 21, 2020
This post is a direct response and rebuttal to the recent ‘Has the coronavirus panic cost us at least 10 million lives already?’ by Paul...
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Hierarchy and generative orders: some introductory thoughts

Nicholas Gruen
March 21, 2020November 16, 2021
This is now the whole article. Comments have been closed on the previous post. Part One To command nature, we must obey it Francis Bacon,...
Cultural Critique Economics and public policy

Whose game is it anyway? A teachable moment from the year of living distantly

Nicholas Gruen
March 21, 2020March 21, 2020
I congratulate you on the great success of your performance … Oscar Wilde's improptu speech to the audience at the opening of Lady Windemere's Fan [1....

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