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Conditional Fragility
Looks at what happens when AI trading algorithms hit a commodity futures market under stress, and which circuit breakers actually stop the damage.
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Issue 2
Issue 2 is out now! 20 articles and interviews on war, climate change, AI, economics, justice, and much more.
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The Lottery You Cannot Leave
Where you happen to be born decides most of your life, which is why global poverty is best understood as a question of justice.
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Bent by Hand
History bends toward justice only when people push it there, and the article asks who has been doing the pushing.
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“Axe the Tax”
Explains why Canadian voters rejected a carbon tax that returned most households more money than it cost them.
Issue 2A journal without borders
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