Blame Game
A missed dinner becomes a test of hidden premises, Bayesian updating, blame and the strategic cost of admitting you’re wrong. Blame Game follows one ordinary argument to ask what better a better way to disagree would require.
Topic
Sentiment & Democracy
How does public sentiment influence democratic systems? From media narratives and political trust to emotional polarization and citizen behavior, we examine how perception shapes power.
You Already Spent the Happiness
The economics of “then I’ll be happy”
The offer letter arrives while the kitchen sink is full. For a few hours, the future feels as if it has apologized. The salary number looks real, the title looks cleaner, and the phone becomes pleasant to check because the old anxiety
Μπορεί το ΠΑΣΟΚ να ξαναγίνει πρώτο; Φτιάξαμε ένα εργαλείο για να το δοκιμάσεις
Πού κρύβεται ο δρόμος του ΠΑΣΟΚ προς την 1η θέση; Φτιάξαμε ένα εργαλείο για να το δείξουμε
EconScope by The Agora Review
Το ερώτημα που κανείς δεν απαντά σωστά
Κάθε δημοσκόπηση λέει την ίδια ιστορία: το ΠΑΣΟΚ τρίτο, γύρω στο 11%, η ΝΔ μπροστά, ο Τσίπρας με την ΕΛΑΣ να
Everyone’s Competing, Nobody’s Cheaper: The Marketplace Illusion
A free market is a machine that turns private ambition into public comfort, as long as competition stays real and entry stays open
In the clean textbook version, firms do not keep extra profit for themselves over time, the market invites new entrants until economic profit is pushed down to
When the Watchdog Lost Line-of-Sight
A story about the Fourth Estate, the feed, and the new architecture of persuasion.
I remember the old habit of choice as something physical.
A newspaper had weight. A TV channel had a number. Even the act of turning a page or switching a remote carried a small democratic meaning:
The Boys Who Fell Out of the Story
How loneliness, digital markets, and grievance quietly reshape the politics of young men
Editor's Note
In political economy we tend to tell a familiar story: when unemployment rises, wages stagnate, and inequality bites, extremist movements gain ground. That story is not wrong, but perhaps incomplete.
Over the last
The Vibes Economy — Civic Literacy in an Age of Emotion
How America Under‑Teaches Money and Government — and Elects on Emotion
Prologue
Across the United States, parents, lawmakers and students celebrate a rapid expansion of personal‑finance mandates in high schools. According to the Council for Economic Education’s 2024 Survey of the States, 35 states now require a standalone
From Citizen to Idiot — The Evolution of Responsibility
From Plato’s Cave to the Modern Constitution
“He who lives without the polis is either a beast or a god.”
— Aristotle, Politics
Διαβάστε το άρθρο στα Ελληνικά
Από τον Πλάτωνα στον Αριστοτέλη, το πέρασμα από τον ἰδιώτη στον πολίτη θεμελιώνει το ηθικό υπόβαθρο του συντάγματος.
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Project ReGenesis: Bringing the World to America
Modern societies excel at discovery but struggle with remembrance. America’s renewal may come not from new debates but from old connections.
Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and Political Polarization in the U.S. (1924-2024)
🔎 Key Insights at a Glance
📈 Economic Inequality Has Intensified – The top 1% now hold nearly 40% of wealth, while the bottom 50% own less than 5%. Real wages have stagnated despite rising corporate profits.
📉 The American Dream is Fading – Absolute mobility has declined from 90% in 1940 to ~50% today,